paletot

Etymology

From French paletot.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpalɪtəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpæləˌtoʊ/, /ˈpælˌtoʊ/

Noun

paletot (plural paletots)

1. (historical) A loose outer jacket, cloak, coat, overcoat, greatcoat, three-quarter coat.
   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 24, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     [W]hen his services were not required at the House, in his usual favourite costume, namely, his light green frock or paletot …

2. A women’s fitted jacket.
   • 1870, The Ladies' Treasury and Treasury of Literature, page 93:

     For morning fetes is worn with this dress a small white muslin paletot, without sleeves, split up the back, trimmed with two gauffred frills, edged with Valenciennes, and a narrow puffing, lined with satin ribbon.

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 833:

     Kit caught sight of Dally in the Principessa’s borrowed gown and a dark silk paletot, her incendiary hair done up in an ostrich-plume aigrette dyed indigo

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French paltoke, paletoc, from Middle English paltok; first element related to Latin pallium (“cloak”), second element of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal.to/

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Noun

paletot m (plural paletots)

1. paletot, jacket

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

• “paletot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “paletot” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “paletot” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

Anagrams

• pelotât

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French paletot.

Noun

paletot m (plural paletots)

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of paletó
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Festa [Celebration]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 108:

     Descalçou-se, metteu as meias no bolso, tirou o paletot, a gravata e o collarinho, roncou alliviado.

     He took off his shoes, shoved his socks in his pocket, shrugged off his overcoat, his tie and his collar, and snored relieved.