Stiletto

Definition: Stiletto

Stiletto

Noun

1. A small dagger with a tapered blade.

Date "stiletto" was first used: 1611. (references)

Domain	Definition
Military & Defense	A slender dagger. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Arms	Sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife; ataghan, attaghan, yataghan; yatacban; assagai, assegai; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel.
Perforator	Noun: perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar, trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet; punch, puncheon; spikebit, gouge; spear; (weapon); puncher; punching machine, punching press; punch pliers.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Stiletto

English words defined with "stiletto": Eyeleteer ♦ Piercer ♦ Stilet, Stilettoed, Stilettoing, Stilettos. (references)

Specialty definitions using "stiletto": Stiletto of the Storm. (references)

Etymologies containing "stiletto": stylet. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Stiletto" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Italian (stiletto).

Domain	Title
Books	Operation Stiletto Battletech (reference) Stiletto (reference) Stiletto (Springblade, No 3) (reference) Stiletto 2 : The Disinherited (reference) Stiletto One: A Ship of Fools (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Stiletto Dance (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Stiletto (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Stiletto FH10-C 10-Ounce Titanium Finish Hammer (reference) Stiletto TB15MC TiBone 15-Ounce Titanium Milled-Face Hammer (Curved Handle)--Includes Replacement Smooth Face Kit, a $29.99 value. (reference) Stiletto TB-SR TiBone Replacement Smooth Face Kit (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Stiletto" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stiletto" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	34	59,261

Expressions using "stiletto": stiletto heel ♦ stiletto shoe. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "stiletto": stiletto-bearing, stiletto-clad, stiletto-heeled, stiletto-heeled shoe, stiletto-pointed, stiletto-wearing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "stiletto"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		stilet. (various references)

Arabic		‏خنجر (dagger, dirk, machete, poniard, spike), ‏الثقابة. (various references)

Bulgarian		стилет (style, stylet), шило (awl, bodkin, pricker), малка кама (stylet). (various references)

Czech		dýka (dagger). (various references)

Danish		stilet, pren. (various references)

Dutch		stilet (stylet), priem (prime). (various references)

Esperanto		pikkalkanumo (stiletto heel). (various references)

Farsi		کارد (Daggar, Gully, Knife), دشنه زدن (Dirk), دشنه (Bowieknife, Dirk, Spit, Sticker). (various references)

Finnish		tikari (dagger). (various references)

French		stylet (reproducing stylus, stylet, stylus). (various references)

German		Stilett. (various references)

Greek		στιγέας (punch), στιλέτο (dagger), εγχειρίδιο (dagger, handbook, manual, poniard, text book, vade mecum). (various references)

Hebrew		פ�'יון (bayonet, cold steel, dagger, poniard). (various references)

Hungarian		gyilok. (various references)

Italian		stiletto (stylet). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		穴開け器 (punch), 穴あけ器 (punch). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		あなあけき (punch). (various references)

Manx		skynn attey (dagger, dirk, poniard), mennee (awl, bradawl, pricker). (various references)

Pig Latin		ilettostay

Portuguese		estilete (bodkin, gad, stylet, stylus). (various references)

Romanian		stilet, pumnal (Creese, dagger, Dirk, poniard). (various references)

Russian		стилет (stylet). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		stilet (stylet). (various references)

Spanish		estilete (stylet). (various references)

Swedish		syl (awl, bradawl, broach, pricker), stilett (switchblade), sko med stilettklack (stiletto shoe). (various references)

Thai		แทง�"้วย�"าบสั้น, เครื่องเจาะรู, �"าบสั้น. (various references)

Turkish		kama (cotter, dagger, Fid, spline, wedge), ince topuk (stiletto heel), iğne topuk (stiletto heel, wedge heel). (various references)

Ukrainian		кинджал (baselard, dagger, knife, poniard, snickersnee, whinger). (various references)

Vietnamese		dao găm nhỏ cái giùi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	stilus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "stiletto": stilettoed, stilettoes, stilettoing, stilettos. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Stiletto" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: schlecht, Schloetter, Shillito, stilleto, stilletto. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "stiletto" (pronounced stule"tō)
3	-e" t ō	ghetto, libretto, palmetto.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-l-o-s-t-t-t"
	-1 letter: litotes, tittles, toilets.
	-2 letters: lottes, titles, tittle, toiles, toilet.
	-3 letters: islet, istle, lotte, solei, stile, stilt, stole, teloi, telos, tiles, tilts, title, toile, toils, toits, toles, totes.
	-4 letters: isle, leis, lest, lets, lies, list, lite, lits, lose, lost, loti, lots, oils, oles, sett, silo, silt, site, slit, sloe, slot, soil, sole, soli, stet, tels.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-l-o-s-t-t-t"
	+1 letter: blottiest, plottiest, stilettos, toilettes.
	+2 letters: stilettoed, stilettoes, totalities.
	+3 letters: outglitters, stilettoing, teetotalism, teetotalist, toploftiest, tricolettes.
	+4 letters: postliterate, silhouettist, stromatolite, teetotalisms, teetotalists, teratologist.
	+5 letters: constituently, electrostatic, lithotripters, silhouettists, stromatolites, teratologists.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
stiletto heel	276	entertainment stiletto	11
stiletto	275	stiletto prop	10
stiletto shoes	153	stiletto timberlands	9
stiletto boot	82	stiletto propeller	8
stiletto knife	58	sneaker stiletto	8
stiletto pump	32	air boot force one stiletto	8
converse stiletto	31	sexy stiletto heel	8
high stiletto heel	29	stiletto shoes heel	8
stiletto sandal	27	leg stiletto	7
citizen stiletto watch	26	stiletto golf club	6
italian stiletto	25	stiletto ii driver	6
stiletto hammer	21	stiletto fetish	6
boot stiletto timberland	21	stiletto dance	6
citizen stiletto	20	shoes stiletto timberland	6
air force one stiletto	18	italian knife stiletto	6
boot converse stiletto	14	crossed leg stiletto	6
stiletto golf	13	stiletto ii	6
stiletto timberland	13	stiletto tool	6
high heel shoes stiletto pump platforms	11	fighting quattrocchi stiletto vito	5
stiletto switchblade	11	pump shoes stiletto	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Stiletto

Definition: Stiletto

Stiletto

Noun

Specialty Definition: Stiletto

Synonyms within Context: Stiletto

Arms

Perforator

Crosswords: Stiletto

Commercial Usage: Stiletto

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Modern Translation: Stiletto

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Rhyming with "Stiletto"

Anagrams: Stiletto

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