gilet
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gilet¹
- /ˈʒiːleɪ/ UK
- /ˈʒɪleɪ/ US
- /ʒɪˈleɪ/ US
Rhymes with (one GA pronunciation) -eɪ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gilet (“vest, waistcoat”), from regional Italian gileccu (Calabria), gilecco (Genoa), gelecco (Naples), ggileccu (Sicily), etc. (standard Italian gilè is borrowed from French), from Turkish yelek (“jelick; vest, waistcoat”) (ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹl (“wind”, noun)) with the final syllable modified to match other types of clothing such as corselet and mantelet. The Oxford English Dictionary does not regard the French word as having derived from Arabic جَلِيقَة (jalīqa), which it views as a recent borrowing from Italian into Algerian Arabic. Doublet of jelick.
noun gilets
- A waistcoat worn by a man.
- A bodice worn by a woman similar to a man's waistcoat; also, a decorative panel at the front of such a bodice, or worn separately.
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A sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth.
Similar: bodywarmer
Gilet²
proper noun
- A surname, variant of Gillette
Translations
Talk about this word "gilet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gilet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gilet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gilet "gilet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gilet.Cite this
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