wallet
UK/ˈwɒl.ɪt/US/ˈwɑl.ət/
wallet noun: a small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
Noun
wallet (plural wallets)
- A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
- The thief stole all the money and credit cards out of the old man's wallet.
- I forgot my wallet and left it at home.
- A person's bank account or assets.
- It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.
- In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion—or more simply, in the poorer latitudes, for the mere acquisition of things—would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan […]2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 6
- An e-wallet or digital wallet.
- A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.
- I won an auction online for a cheap CD wallet.
- A bag or pouch.
- He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.
- A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).
- He fell down and landed on his wallet.
wallet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
wallet in Hindi
- case for keeping money
- बटुआ baṭuā
wallet in Tamil
- பணப்பை
wallet in Marathi
- wallet
- पाकीट pākīṭ
wallet in Urdu
- case for keeping money
- بَٹْوَا baṭvā, بَٹْوَہ baṭva
More languagesFewer languages
- wallet in Bengali
- ওয়ালেট ōẇaleṭ, মানিব্যাগ manibbag
- wallet in Telugu
- పర్సు parsu
- wallet in Malayalam
- ചെറുസഞ്ചി, പണസഞ്ചി, മടിശ്ശീല
- wallet in Kannada
- ಕಯ್ಚೀಲ, ಕಿಸುಹೊತ್ತಗೆ
- wallet in Punjabi
- ਬਟੂਆ, ਵਾਲਿਟ
- wallet in Gujarati
- આપનું વૉલેટ āpanũ vŏleṭ, પાકીટ pākīṭ
- wallet in Odia
- ୱାଲେଟ୍, ୱାଲେଟ, ବଟୁଆ
- wallet in Assamese
- মানিবেগ manibeg, ৱালেট walet
- wallet in Nepali
- पर्स pars, पटुकी paṭukī
- wallet in Pashto
- امياني amyāni, بټوه baṭwa
- wallet in Tagalog
- pitaka, tampipi
- wallet in Arabic
- مِحْفَظَة miḥfaẓa, حَافِظَة ḥāfiẓa, جِزدان jizdén
- wallet in Malay
- dompet
- wallet in Indonesian
- dompet
- wallet in Thai
- กระเป๋าสตางค์ grà-bpǎo-sà-dtaang, กระเป๋าเงิน grà-bpǎo-ngən, กระเป๋าตังค์ grà-bpǎo-dtang, กระเป๋าธนบัตร grà-bpǎo-tá-ná-bàt
- wallet in Vietnamese
- ví, bóp
- wallet in Myanmar
- ပိုက်ဆံအိတ် puikhcam-it
Examples of wallet in a sentence
- The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.
- After stepping off the bus, my wallet fell on the floor.
- If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.
Synonyms of wallet
Forms of wallet
| plural | wallets |
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Origin of wallet
From Middle English walet (“a bag, knapsack”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet (“a roll; bag; a knapsack”), from Proto-Germanic *wal- (“to roll”). More at walk, well, wallow.
Words formed from wallet
- card wallet
- CD wallet
- champagne taste on a beer wallet
- cold wallet
- cryptocurrency wallet
- crypto wallet
- cryptowallet
- cyberwallet
- hardware wallet
- hot wallet
- online wallet
- paper wallet
- password wallet
- peek wallet
- prison wallet
- sausage wallet
- unwallet
- vote with one's wallet
- walleteer
- walletful
- wallet inspector
- walletless
- walletlike
- wallet name
- warm wallet
Phrases with wallet
Words that rhyme with wallet
Questions about wallet
- What does wallet mean?
- Wallet means a small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
- What is wallet in Hindi?
- Wallet in Hindi is बटुआ (baṭuā). See Wallet meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wallet?
- Wallet is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wallet?
- Wallet is pronounced /ˈwɒl.ɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of wallet?
- The plural of wallet is wallets.
Words near wallet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wallet (page history and authors); wallet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पाकीट (Marathi) (page history and authors); wallet (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wallet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wallet (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wallet (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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