paetê

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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paetê m (plural paetês)

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

References

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  1. ^ “paetê”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “paetê”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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