Complete Definition of "paillette"

English
Etymology
From F. #French|paillette, from paille �straw� + -ette.

Pronunciation
IPA|/pæl�j�t/, /paɪ�j�t/

Noun
en-noun

  1. 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

  1. sequin

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