colete

Portuguese

colete

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈle.t͡ʃi/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈle.tɨ/

• 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, […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Ellipsis of colete à prova de balas.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlɛ.t͡ʃi/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈlɛ.tɨ/

• 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