stiletto

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian stiletto. By surface analysis, Latin stilus +‎ Italian -etto. Doublet of stylet. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /stɪˈlɛtoʊ/, [stɪˈlɛɾoʊ] (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stɪˈlɛtəʊ/ Rhymes: -ɛtəʊ === Noun === stiletto (plural stilettos or stilettoes or stiletti) A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing. A rapier. An awl. A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (called a stiletto heel). (obsolete, historical) A beard trimmed into a pointed form. [16th–17th c.] Synonyms: bodkin beard, pique-devant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === stiletto (third-person singular simple present stilettos, present participle stilettoing, simple past and past participle stilettoed) (transitive) To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger). == Dutch == === Etymology === From Italian stiletto. === Pronunciation === === Noun === stiletto f (plural stiletto's, diminutive stilettootje n or stilettoke n) stiletto ==== Synonyms ==== hoge hakken (both for shoe and heel itself) == Italian == === Etymology 1 === From stilo (“needle, stylus”) +‎ -etto. ==== Noun ==== stiletto m (plural stiletti) (weaponry) stiletto, dagger ===== Derived terms ===== stilettata === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== stiletto first-person singular present indicative of stilettare == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Italian stiletto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /estiˈleto/ [es.t̪iˈle.t̪o] Rhymes: -eto === Noun === stiletto m (plural stilettos) stiletto ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.