wallet
A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money, credit cards, etcA small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
» Where did you find this wallet?
Где ты нашёл этот бумажник?
Где вы нашли этот бумажник?
Де ти знайшов цей гаманець?
Де ти знайшла цей гаманець?
Де ви знайшли цей гаманець?
Meaning
6 senses(UK, US)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.
Portemonnaie, Portmonee, Brieftasche
бума́жникbumážnik, кошелёкkošeljók, портмоне́portmonɛ́
гамане́цьhamanécʹ
a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
(broadly, informal)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.
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.
(slang)A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).
He fell down and landed on his wallet.
(archaic)A bag or pouch.
He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.
Examples
725 sentencesWhere did you find this wallet?
Де ти знайшов цей гаманець?
ruГде ты нашёл этот бумажник?
There's no money in my wallet.
У моєму гаманці немає грошей.
ruУ меня в кошельке нет денег.
I lost my wallet somewhere around here.
Десь тут я загубив свій гаманець.
ruГде-то здесь я потерял свой кошелек.
I left the keys with my wallet.
Я залишив ключі разом із гаманцем.
ruЯ оставил ключи вместе с бумажником.
Tom found a wallet on the sidewalk.
Том знайшов на тротуарі гаманець.
ruТом нашёл на тротуаре бумажник.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English walet (“a bag, knapsack”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: walletsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money:billfoldnotecasepocketbook
Word family
23 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- stole my wallet
- wallet at home
- in his wallet
- out his wallet
- lost my wallet
- find my wallet
- in my wallet
- his wallet and
- stole your wallet
- put his wallet
- left my wallet
- left his wallet