Meaning

5 senses
  1. A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.

    Stilett, Dolchmesser

    стиле́тstilét, ко́ртикkórtik, кинжа́лkinžál

    стиле́тstylét

    a small dagger with a tapered blade

  2. A rapier.

  3. An awl.

  4. A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (called a stiletto heel).

    Stöckelschuh, Stiletto

    шпи́лькаšpílʹka

    шпи́лькаšpýlʹka

  5. (historical, obsolete)A beard trimmed into a pointed form.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Mary wore stiletto heels.

  2. Those stiletto heels look stunning but are hard to walk in.

  3. Mary was wearing stilettos.

    ruМэри была в туфлях на шпильках. — marafon

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  4. She was wearing stilettos.

    deSie trug Pfennigabsätze. — Yorwba

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
stabbing weapon:
woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel:
Русский
By meaning 2
stabbing weapon:
woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
stabbing weapon:
woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel:

Origin

Borrowed from Italian stiletto. By surface analysis, Latin stilus + Italian -etto. Doublet

Borrowed from Italian stiletto. By surface analysis, Latin stilus + Italian -etto. Doublet of stylet.

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Forms

plural: stilettos / stilettoes / stiletti
Singularstiletto
Pluralstilettos / stilettoes / stiletti

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
pique-devantbodkin beard

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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