colete

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French collet, from Italian colletto.[1][2] Ultimately from Latin collum (“neck”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈle.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈle.te/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
  • Hyphenation: co‧le‧te

Noun

colete m (plural coletes)

  1. waistcoat
    • 2015, György Dragomán, O Rei Branco, Editora Intrinseca, →ISBN, page 85:
      […] abriu a gaveta do armário, pegou um alfinete de segurança, parou diante de mim, tirou a medalha da minha mão e se curvou e a pôs no meu colete, […]
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  2. ellipsis of colete à prova de balas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.te/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
  • Hyphenation: co‧le‧te

Verb

colete

  1. inflection of coletar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ “colete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “colete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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