papillote

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French papillote. === Noun === papillote (plural papillotes) (cooking) A small piece of aluminum foil or parchment paper, wrapped around food during cooking. (hair styling, often in the plural) A small piece of paper used to roll up hair to make it curl. Synonym: curlpaper ==== See also ==== en-papillote === References === “papillote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “papillote”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === popliteal == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pa.pi.jɔt/ Homophones: papillotent, papillotes === Etymology 1 === From papillon (“butterfly”) with a change of suffix to -ote. ==== Noun ==== papillote f (plural papillotes) (cooking) papillote (wrapper for food during cooking) rouget en papillote ― red mullet cooked in a packet (by extension) dish prepared in such a way papillotes de veau ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (hair styling) papillote, curlpaper (small piece of paper used to make curled hair) Synonym: anglaise Mettre des papillotes sur la tête. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (by extension) curly hair obtained with this method; ringlet (in particular) curly sideburns, peot colored (paper) wrapper for sweets; the sweets themselves bonbon enveloppé dans sa papillote ― sweet wrapped in its wrapper ===== Derived terms ===== papilloter ===== Descendants ===== → English: papillote → Spanish: papillote === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== papillote inflection of papilloter: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “papillote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Latin pāpiliō (compare French papillon, with the same meaning). === Noun === papillote f (plural papillotes) (Jersey) butterfly ==== Derived terms ==== noeud papillote (“bowtie”, literally “butterfly knot”) == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French papillote. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ote Syllabification: pa‧pi‧llo‧te === Noun === papillote f or m (plural papillotes) papillote === Further reading === “papillote”, 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