Dictionary

gilet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈʒɪleɪ/ (General-American)
• /ˈʒiːleɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ʒɪˈleɪ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from French gilet (“vest, waistcoat”), from regional Italian gileccu (Calabria), gilecco (Genoa), gelecco (Naples), ggileccu (Sicily), etc. (standard Italian gilè is borrowed from French), from Turkish yelek (“jelick; vest, waistcoat”) (ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹl (“wind”, noun)) with the final syllable modified to match other types of clothing such as corselet and mantelet. The Oxford English Dictionary does not regard the French word as having derived from Arabic جَلِيقَة (jalīqa), which it views as a recent borrowing from Italian into Algerian Arabic. Doublet of jelick.

Meanings

1. (historical) A waistcoat worn by a man.
2. (historical) A bodice worn by a woman similar to a man's waistcoat; also, a decorative panel at the front of such a bodice, or worn separately.
3. (broadly) A sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth.

Forms

Synonyms

bodywarmer

Translations (8)

tr jile (sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth) · fi liivi (sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth) · sv gilet (sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth) · ja ジレー (sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth) · ota یلك (bodice worn by a woman similar to a man’s waistcoat; decorative panel at the front of such a bodice, or worn separately) · de Gilet (sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth) · ru жиле́т (sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth) · vi gi-lê (sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth)

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