estilete
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Italian stiletto (“stiletto”), diminutive of stilo (“stylus”), from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (cognate with English stick).
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
Hyphenation: es‧ti‧le‧te
=== Noun ===
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
=== See also ===
adaga
=== Further reading ===
“estilete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“estilete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /estiˈlete/ [es.t̪iˈle.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ete
Syllabification: es‧ti‧le‧te
=== Noun ===
estilete m (plural estiletes)
stiletto
=== Further reading ===
“estilete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025