estilete

Borrowed from Italian stiletto (“stiletto”), diminutive of stilo (“stylus”), from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (cognate with English stick).

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
• Hyphenation: es‧ti‧le‧te

estilete m (plural estiletes)

1. craft knife
2. utility knife, box cutter, Stanley knife (tool used to cut)

   Synonym: (Portugal) x-ato

3. stiletto (small dagger)
4. (botany) stylet, style

   Synonym: estilo

• adaga

• IPA^(key): /estiˈlete/ [es.t̪iˈle.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: es‧ti‧le‧te

estilete m (plural estiletes)

1. stiletto

• “estilete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28