Dictionary

wallet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈwɑl.ət/ (General-American)
• /ˈwɔl.ət/ (General-American)
• /ˈwɒl.ɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈwɒ.lɪt/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English walet (“a bag, knapsack”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet (“a roll; bag; a knapsack”), from Proto-Germanic *wal- (“to roll”). More at walk, well, wallow.

Meanings

1. (UK, US) A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
   • Master leathercrafter does handcrafted wallets, belts, purses, handbags etc., supporting self and helpers. Good enough to carve fantst art and portraits into leather. 1987 August 15, Robert Benitez, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 14:
   • I forgot my wallet and left it at home.
   • The thief stole all the money and credit cards out of the old man's wallet.
2. (broadly, informal) A person's bank account or assets.
   • It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.
   • In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion—or more simply, in the poorer latitudes, for the mere acquisition of things—would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan […] 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 6:
3. An e-wallet or digital wallet.
4. A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.
   • I won an auction online for a cheap CD wallet.
5. (archaic) A bag or pouch.
   • He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.
6. (slang) A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).
   • He fell down and landed on his wallet.

Forms

Deriveds

hardware wallet · warm wallet · walletless · cyberwallet · walletful · crypto wallet · wallet inspector · walleteer · password wallet · cold wallet · online wallet · peek wallet · unwallet · champagne taste on a beer wallet · wallet name · prison wallet · cryptocurrency wallet · sausage wallet · walletlike · card wallet · hot wallet · cryptowallet · vote with one's wallet · paper wallet · CD wallet

Descendants

ウォレット

Relateds

scrip · purse

Synonyms

billfold · pocketbook

Translations (211)

ky намыян (case for keeping money) · mn түрийвч хэтэвч (case for keeping money) · vec tacuin (case for keeping money) · yi בײַטל (case for keeping money) · is budda (case for keeping money) · ko 지갑 (case for keeping money) · nl beurs (case for keeping money) · fr portemonnaie (case for keeping money) · acw مِحْفَظَة (case for keeping money) · mi kopa (case for keeping money) · wa poite-manoye (case for keeping money) · om korojoo (case for keeping money) · is veski (case for keeping money) · th กระเป๋าตังค์ (case for keeping money) · kk шилан (case for keeping money) · sh portfelj (case for keeping money) · ky капчык (case for keeping money) · tr cüzdan (case for keeping money) · el πορτοφόλι (case for keeping money) · ru кошелёк (case for keeping money) · sq kuletë (case for keeping money) · az kaşlyok (case for keeping money) · lmo portafœlh (case for keeping money) · lv maks (case for keeping money) · ajp جِزدان (case for keeping money) · km ក្របូប (case for keeping money) · lv naudasmaks (case for keeping money) · lo ກະເປົາ (case for keeping money) · th กระเป๋าเงิน (case for keeping money) · sh новчаник (case for keeping money) · ps بټوه (case for keeping money) · lo ກະເປົາເງິນ (case for keeping money) · cmn 錢包 /钱包 (case for keeping money) · fi lompakko (case for keeping money) · sl denarnica (case for keeping money) · sk náprsná taška (case for keeping money) · de Geldbeutel (case for keeping money) · wa poite-foye (case for keeping money) · ug پۇل قاپچۇقى (case for keeping money) · pt carteira (case for keeping money) · cmn 錢袋 /钱袋 (case for keeping money) · eo biletujo (case for keeping money) · be папе́рнік (case for keeping money) · eu kartera (case for keeping money) · fr portefeuille (case for keeping money) · tg ҳамён (case for keeping money) · rm buorsa (case for keeping money) · gu પાકીટ (case for keeping money) · hi बटुआ (case for keeping money) · sk peňaženka (case for keeping money) · alt капчык (case for keeping money) · cmn 皮夾 /皮夹 (case for keeping money) · da pengepung (case for keeping money) · ne पर्स (case for keeping money) · hy դրամապանակ (case for keeping money) · ajp محفظة (case for keeping money) · gl carteira (case for keeping money) · bar gödtåschn (case for keeping money) · de Börse (case for keeping money) · gd màileid (case for keeping money) · eo monujo (case for keeping money) · ary بزطام (case for keeping money) · kl aningaasivik (case for keeping money) · lt piniginė (case for keeping money) · tt янчык (case for keeping money) · ar مِحْفَظَة (case for keeping money) · ca cartera (case for keeping money) · wa boûsse (case for keeping money) · tr portföy (case for keeping money) · fa-ira کیفِ پول (case for keeping money) · nn lommebok (case for keeping money) · nan-hbl 錢橐仔 /钱橐仔 (case for keeping money) · nb lommebok (case for keeping money) · prs بَکْسَکِ پیسَه (case for keeping money) · cs portmonka (obecná čeština) (case for keeping money) · mnb dompe (case for keeping money) · rm portafögl (case for keeping money) · sw kipochi (case for keeping money) · ur بَٹْوَا (case for keeping money) · sh буђелар (case for keeping money) · de Brieftasche (case for keeping money) · nan-hbl 錢囊仔 /钱囊仔 (case for keeping money) · nan-hbl 荷包 (case for keeping money) · lmo portafòlh (case for keeping money) · id dompet (case for keeping money) · as মানিবেগ (case for keeping money) · ar حَافِظَة (case for keeping money) · yue 荷包 (case for keeping money) · io burso (case for keeping money) · bo སྦ་ཁུག (case for keeping money) · bn মানিব্যাগ (case for keeping money) · nl portefeuille (case for keeping money) · fy boekje (case for keeping money) · grc βαλλάντιον (a pouch or small bag) · he אַרְנָק (case for keeping money) · yue 錢包 /钱包 (case for keeping money) · nan-hbl 錢袋仔 /钱袋仔 (case for keeping money) · ug قىلادان (case for keeping money) · ps امياني (case for keeping money) · yue 錢袋 /钱袋 (case for keeping money) · la pēra (case for keeping money) · sh buđelar (case for keeping money) · be кашалёк (case for keeping money) · da portemonnæ (case for keeping money) · kmr cizdan (case for keeping money) · gl billeteira (case for keeping money) · mt kartiera (case for keeping money) · ja 財布 (case for keeping money) · ug پورتمال (case for keeping money) · ro portmoneu (case for keeping money) · nan-hbl 皮包仔 (case for keeping money) · it portafoglio (case for keeping money) · mk па́ричник (case for keeping money) · ur بَٹْوَہ (case for keeping money) · as ৱালেট (case for keeping money) · is seðlaveski (case for keeping money) · de Portemonnaie (case for keeping money) · az portmanat (case for keeping money) · ro portofel (case for keeping money) · vi ví (case for keeping money) · be гамане́ц (case for keeping money) · ga sparán (case for keeping money) · sh portafolj (case for keeping money) · vi bóp (case for keeping money) · bg портмоне́ (case for keeping money) · et rahatasku (case for keeping money) · da tegnebog (case for keeping money) · th กระเป๋าสตางค์ (case for keeping money) · ru бума́жник (case for keeping money) · afb بوك (case for keeping money) · fo mappa (case for keeping money) · uk гамане́ць (case for keeping money) · te పర్సు (case for keeping money) · az pulqabı (case for keeping money) · gu આપનું વૉલેટ (case for keeping money) · de Portmonee (case for keeping money) · cy gwaled (case for keeping money) · de Geldbörse (case for keeping money) · ar جِزدان (case for keeping money) · nl portemonnee (case for keeping money) · mi honae (case for keeping money) · ka ქისა (case for keeping money) · pdt Jelttausch (case for keeping money) · ug پۇلدان (case for keeping money) · ky бумажник (case for keeping money) · ca bitlletera (case for keeping money) · et rahakott (case for keeping money) · bn ওয়ালেট (case for keeping money) · rm portafigl (case for keeping money) · ga tiachóg (a pouch or small bag) · ka საფულე (case for keeping money) · ast cartera (case for keeping money) · arz محفظة (case for keeping money) · oc pòrtafuòlha (case for keeping money) · sv plånbok (case for keeping money) · af beursie (case for keeping money) · ms دومڤيت (case for keeping money) · my ပိုက်ဆံအိတ် (case for keeping money) · yue 銀包 /银包 (case for keeping money) · th กระเป๋าธนบัตร (case for keeping money) · nan-hbl 錢包仔 /钱包仔 (case for keeping money) · sk portmonka (case for keeping money) · mk портмоне́ (case for keeping money) · ltg kapšuks (case for keeping money) · mi pāhi (case for keeping money) · ru портмоне́ (case for keeping money) · sc catafógliu (case for keeping money) · bg портфе́йл (case for keeping money) · oc pòrtafuelha (case for keeping money) · hak 錢包 /钱包 (case for keeping money) · it borsellino (case for keeping money) · zza kisik (case for keeping money) · ne पटुकी (case for keeping money) · pl portfel (case for keeping money) · uz kartmon (case for keeping money) · mg kitapom-batsy (case for keeping money) · lt dėklas (case for keeping money) · es cartera (case for keeping money) · tl pitaka (case for keeping money) · ang scēatcodd (case for keeping money) · sq portofol (case for keeping money) · mi wārete (case for keeping money) · za ngaenzbau (case for keeping money) · ast billetera (case for keeping money) · kk әмиян (case for keeping money) · ms dompet (case for keeping money) · tl tampipi (case for keeping money) · rm portafegl (case for keeping money) · sh novčanik (case for keeping money) · es billetera (case for keeping money) · grc φάσκωλος (case for keeping money) · ary بزطام (case for keeping money) · pl portmonetka (case for keeping money) · tk gapjyk (case for keeping money) · km កាបូប (case for keeping money) · da pung (case for keeping money) · bo དངུལ་ཁུག (case for keeping money) · cs peněženka (case for keeping money) · uz yonchiq (case for keeping money) · ast billeteru (case for keeping money) · izh bumažnikka (case for keeping money) · sq badifokë (case for keeping money) · rm bursa (case for keeping money) · gd màileid-pòca (case for keeping money) · alt акчакап (case for keeping money) · ja 札入れ (case for keeping money) · uz hamyon (case for keeping money) · hu pénztárca (case for keeping money) · rup pungar (case for keeping money) · mi honae (a pouch or small bag) · ga vallait (case for keeping money)