different between paillette vs pallette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French paillette, from paille (“straw”) + -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæl?j?t/, /pa??j?t/

Noun

paillette (plural paillettes)

1. A sequin or spangle.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 450:

     A plump and energetic 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^(key): /pa.j?t/

Noun

paillette f (plural paillettes)

1. sequin

Descendants

• ? English: paillette
• ? German: Paillette
• ? Italian: paillette

Further reading

• “paillette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From French paillette.

Noun

paillette f (invariable)

1. sequin

Further reading

• paillette in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

English

Alternative forms

• palette

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæl?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pæl?t/, /?pæl?t/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?pæl?t/
• Rhymes: -æl?t
• Homophones: palate, palette, pallet

Noun

pallette (plural pallettes)

1. Misspelling of palette.
2. The rounded plates in the armpits of a suit of armour. Alternate spelling: palette.

Usage notes

This rare term should not be confused with an artist's color palette, nor with a computer graphics program's color palette.

Anagrams

• altepetl, platelet