stiletto

See also: stilettò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian stiletto.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /stəˈlɛtoʊ/, [stəˈlɛɾoʊ]

Noun

stiletto (plural stilettos or stilettoes or stiletti)

1. A short sharp knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.
2. A rapier.
3. An awl.
4. A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (called a stiletto heel).
5. A beard trimmed into a pointed form.
   • Ford

     The very quack of fashions, the very he that / Wears a stiletto on his chin.

Translations

short sharp stabbing weapon

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 短劍／短剑 (zh) (duǎnjiàn), 短剑 (zh) (duǎnjiàn)

• Dutch: stiletto (nl) m
• Finnish: stiletti (fi)
• French: stylet (fr) m
• German: Stilett (de) n
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• Italian: stiletto (it) m
• Japanese: 短剣 (ja) (たんけん, tanken), 小剣 (しょうけん, shōken), スティレット (sutiretto)
• Polish: sztylet (pl) m
• Portuguese: estilete (pt) m
• Russian: стиле́т (ru) m (stilét), ко́ртик (ru) m (kórtik) (dirk), кинжа́л (ru) m (kinžál) (dagger)

rapier — see rapier

awl — see awl

woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel

• Finnish: piikkikorkokenkä
• French: talon aiguille (fr) m (by ellipsis)
• German: Pfennigabsatz (de) m, Bleistiftabsatz m, Stöckelabsatz m
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• Macedonian: шти́кла f (štíkla)
• Polish: szpilka (pl) f
• Russian: шпи́лька (ru) f (špílʹka)

Adjective

stiletto (not comparable)

1. Sharp and narrow like a stiletto.

   Her stiletto heels would cause damage if she ever stepped on someone's foot with them.

Derived terms

• stiletto heel

Verb

stiletto (third-person singular simple present stilettos, present participle stilettoing, simple past and past participle stilettoed)

1. To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).

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Dutch

Noun

stiletto f (plural ?, diminutive stilettoke n)

1. stiletto

Synonyms

• hoge hakken (both for shoe and heel itself)

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Italian

Etymology

stilo (“needle, stylus”) +‎ -etto

Noun

stiletto m (plural stiletti)

1. (weaponry) stiletto, dagger

Derived terms

• stilettata

Verb

stiletto

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person singular present indicative of stilettare

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Spanish

Noun

stiletto m (plural stilettos)

1. stiletto