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Webster 1913 Edition

Paletot

‖

Pal′e-tot

,

Noun.

[F.

paletot

, OF.

palletoc

, prob. fr. L.

palla

(see

) + F.

toque

cap, and so lit., a frock with a cap or hood; cf. Sp.

paletoque

.]

(a)

An overcoat.

Dickens.

(b)

A lady’s outer garment, – of varying fashion.

Definition 2024

paletot

paletot

See also: paletôt

English

Noun

paletot ‎(plural paletots)

(historical) A loose outer jacket, cloak, coat, overcoat, greatcoat, three-quarter coat.
A women’s fitted jacket.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 833:
  Kit caught sight of Dally in the Principessa’s borrowed gown and a dark silk paletot, her incendiary hair done up in an ostrich-plume aigrette dyed indigo

Translations

A loose outer jacket, overcoat

Afrikaans: jas
Albanian: pallto (sq)
Catalan: abric (ca) m, gavany m, paltó m, sobretot m
Danish: frakke n
Dutch: jas (nl) m, overjas (nl) m
Esperanto: palto
Estonian: mantel (et), palitu
French: paletot (fr) m
German: Mantel (de) m, Paletot (de) m, Überrock m, Überzieher (de) m
Greek: σακάκι (el) n ‎(sakáki), μανδύας (el) m ‎(mandýas), παλτό (el) n ‎(paltó)
Hungarian: kabát (hu), felöltő (hu)
Ido: paltoto (io)

Italian: paltò (it) m
Kurdish: palto (ku)
Malagasy: palitao (mg)
Malay: jas
Norwegian: frakk (no) m
Papiamentu: bachi, yas
Polish: palto (pl) n
Portuguese: casacão (pt) m, paletó (pt) m, sobretudo (pt) m
Russian: пальто́ (ru) n ‎(palʹtó)
Scottish Gaelic: còta
Spanish: gabán (es) m, paletó (es) m, sobretodo (es) m, abrigo (es) m
Tagalog: amerikána
Venetian: paltò (vec) m
Walloon: paltot (wa) m

French

Etymology

From Middle English paltok, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /palto/

Noun

paletot m ‎(plural paletots)

jacket

Anagrams

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