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paillette

/pælˈjɛt/

paillette noun: a sequin or spangle.

Noun

paillette (plural paillettes)

  1. A sequin or spangle.
    • A plump and energetic chanteuse of some ten summers, incandescently blond, now emerged from a back recess wearing a gown of artificial golden paillettes sewn, not to any underlying fabric but only—precariously—to one another2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 450

paillette meaning in Bengali

paillette in Bengali

চুমকি, জামার কারুকাজে ব্যবহৃত পাত

Forms of paillette

pluralpaillettes

Origin of paillette

Borrowed from French paillette, from paille (“straw”) + -ette.

Words formed from paillette

Words that rhyme with paillette

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Questions about paillette

What does paillette mean?
Paillette means a sequin or spangle.
What is paillette in Bengali?
Paillette in Bengali is চুমকি, জামার কারুকাজে ব্যবহৃত পাত. See Paillette meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is paillette?
Paillette is a noun.
How do you pronounce paillette?
Paillette is pronounced /pælˈjɛt/.
What is the plural of paillette?
The plural of paillette is paillettes.

Words near paillette in the dictionary

  1. paillasse
  2. paillasses
  3. paillasson
  4. paillassons
  5. paille maille
  6. paillette
  7. pailletted
  8. paillettes
  9. paillon
  10. paillons
  11. pailoo

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