stiletto

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• US: /stɪˈlɛtoʊ/
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• US: [stɪˈlɛɾoʊ]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /stɪˈlɛtəʊ/
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• rhymes with -ɛtəʊ
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Borrowed from Italian stiletto. By surface analysis, Latin stilus + Italian -etto. Doublet of stylet.

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خُنَيْجِر (ḵunayjir) — stabbing weapon
• Belarusian: штыле́т (štyljét) — stabbing weapon
• Bulgarian: малка кама (malka kama) — stabbing weapon
• Bulgarian: стилет (stilet) — stabbing weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 短劍 /短剑 (duǎnjiàn) — stabbing weapon
• Dutch: stiletto — stabbing weapon
• Esperanto: stileto — stabbing weapon
• Finnish: stiletti — stabbing weapon
• French: stylet — stabbing weapon
• German: Stilett — stabbing weapon
• German: Dolchmesser — stabbing weapon
• Ido: stileto — stabbing weapon
• Irish: stílín — stabbing weapon
• Italian: stiletto — stabbing weapon
• Japanese: 短剣 (tanken) — stabbing weapon
• Japanese: 小剣 (shōken) — stabbing weapon
• Japanese: スティレット (sutiretto) — stabbing weapon
• Korean: 단검 (dan'geom) — stabbing weapon
• Korean: 스틸레토 (seutilleto) — stabbing weapon
• Lithuanian: stiletas — stabbing weapon
• Polish: sztylet — stabbing weapon
• Portuguese: estilete — stabbing weapon
• Romanian: stilet — stabbing weapon
• Russian: стиле́т (stilét) — stabbing weapon
• Russian: ко́ртик (kórtik) — stabbing weapon
• Russian: кинжа́л (kinžál) — stabbing weapon
• Spanish: estilete — stabbing weapon
• Swedish: stilett — stabbing weapon
• Ukrainian: стиле́т (stylét) — stabbing weapon
• Belarusian: шпі́лька (špílʹka) — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• Bulgarian: високи токчета (visoki tokčeta) — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• Finnish: piikkikorkokenkä — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• French: talon aiguille — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• German: Stöckelschuh — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• German: Stiletto — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• Irish: stílín — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• Italian: tacco — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• Macedonian: шти́кла (štíkla) — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• Polish: szpilka — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• Russian: шпи́лька (špílʹka) — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• Spanish: zapato de tacón de aguja — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• Swedish: stilettklack — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• Turkish: stiletto — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel
• Ukrainian: шпи́лька (špýlʹka) — woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel