English
Etymology
From F. #French|paillette, from paille �straw� + -ette.
Pronunciation
IPA|/pæl�j�t/, /paɪ�j�t/
Noun
en-noun
- A sequin or spangle.
#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 450:
#*:A plump and energentic 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 another
French
Etymology
From paille + -ette.
Pronunciation
IPA|/paj�t/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /pa.jEt/
Noun
fr-noun|f
- sequin
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