colete

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Portuguese

colete

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

colete m (plural coletes)

  1. waistcoat
  2. Ellipsis of colete à prova de balas.
Quotations

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

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, 20032024
  2. ^ colete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024