name
Meaning 1
A surname, variant of Gillette
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gilet
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʒiːleɪ/
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General-American: /ˈʒɪleɪ/
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General-American: /ʒɪˈleɪ/
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rhymes with (one GA pronunciation) -eɪ
noun
Meaning 2
A waistcoat worn by a man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 3
A bodice worn by a woman similar to a man's waistcoat; also, a decorative panel at the front of such a bodice, or worn separately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 4
A sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bodywarmer
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French gilet (“vest, waistcoat”), from regional Italian gileccu (Calabria), gilecco (Genoa), gelecco (Naples), ggileccu (Sicily), etc. (standard Italian gilè is borrowed from French), from Turkish yelek (“jelick; vest, waistcoat”) (ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹl (“wind”, noun)) with the final syllable modified to match other types of clothing such as corselet and mantelet. The Oxford English Dictionary does not regard the French word as having derived from Arabic جَلِيقَة (jalīqa), which it views as a recent borrowing from Italian into Algerian Arabic. Doublet of jelick.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ottoman Turkish: یلك (yelek) — bodice worn by a woman similar to a man’s waistcoat; decorative panel at the front of such a bodice, or worn separately
- Finnish: liivi — sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth
- German: Gilet — sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth
- Japanese: ジレー (jirē) — sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth
- Russian: жиле́т (žilét) — sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth
- Swedish: gilet — sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth
- Turkish: jile — sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth
- Vietnamese: gi-lê — sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth