paetê

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French pailleté (“sequined”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: pa‧e‧tê

Noun

paetê m (plural paetês)

  1. (Brazil) a sequined garment (or another surface)
  2. (Brazil) a sequin
    Synonyms: lantejoula, cequim

References
  1. “paetê” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “paetê” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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