estilete
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian stiletto (“stiletto”), diminutive of stilus (“stylus”), from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (cognate with English stick).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
estilete m (plural estiletes)
- craft knife
- utility knife, box cutter, Stanley knife (tool used to cut)
- Synonym: (Portugal) x-ato
- stiletto (small dagger)
- (botany) stylet, style
- Synonym: estilo
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Noun edit
estilete m (plural estiletes)
Further reading edit
- “estilete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014