épaulette

See also: epaulette

French

Etymology

From épaule (“shoulder”) +‎ -ette (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.po.lɛt/
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Noun

épaulette f (plural épaulettes)

epaulette

Descendants

→ English: epaulette
→ Esperanto: epoleto
→ Finnish: epoletti
→ German: Epaulette
→ Ido: epoleto
→ Irish: guailleog (calque)
→ Ottoman Turkish: اپولت (apolet)
- Turkish: apolet
→ Polish: epolet
→ Romanian: epolet
→ Russian: эполе́т (epolét)
→ Swedish: epålett

Further reading

“épaulette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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