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paletot

/ˈpalɪtəʊ/US/ˈpæləˌtoʊ/

paletot noun: a loose outer jacket, cloak, coat, overcoat, greatcoat, three-quarter coat.

paletot: a loose outer jacket, cloak, coat, overcoat, greatcoat, three-quarter coat
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Noun

paletot (plural paletots)

  1. (historical) A loose outer jacket, cloak, coat, overcoat, greatcoat, three-quarter coat.
    • [W]hen his services were not required at the House, in his usual favourite costume, namely, his light green frock or paletot …1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 24, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
  2. A women’s fitted jacket.
    • For morning fetes is worn with this dress a small white muslin paletot, without sleeves, split up the back, trimmed with two gauffred frills, edged with Valenciennes, and a narrow puffing, lined with satin ribbon.1870, The Ladies' Treasury and Treasury of Literature, page 93
    • She flung off her sealskin paletot and the beautiful felt hat, not heeding that they rolled off the untidy bed upon the floor.1894, Lucy C[ecil] Lillie, chapter XXVI, in A Family Dilemma: A Story for Girls, Philadelphia, Pa.: Porter & Coates, →OCLC, page 171

paletot meaning in Tagalog and Malay

paletot in Tagalog

A loose outer jacket, overcoat
amerikána

paletot in Malay

A loose outer jacket, overcoat
jas

Forms of paletot

pluralpaletots

Origin of paletot

Borrowed from French paletot.

Questions about paletot

What does paletot mean?
Paletot means a loose outer jacket, cloak, coat, overcoat, greatcoat, three-quarter coat.
What is paletot in Tagalog?
Paletot in Tagalog is amerikána. See Paletot meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is paletot?
Paletot is a noun.
How do you pronounce paletot?
Paletot is pronounced /ˈpalɪtəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of paletot?
The plural of paletot is paletots.

Words near paletot in the dictionary

  1. palesy
  2. palet
  3. paleta
  4. paletas
  5. paleth
  6. paletot
  7. paletots
  8. palets
  9. Paletta
  10. Palettas
  11. palette

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