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Yes. The word gilet is a Scrabble US word. The word gilet is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word gilet is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

G2I1L1E1T1

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5-letter words (2 found)

GILET,LEGIT,

4-letter words (10 found)

GEIT,GELT,GILT,GITE,GLEI,GLIT,LITE,TEIL,TIGE,TILE,

3-letter words (16 found)

ELT,GEL,GET,GIE,GIT,LEG,LEI,LET,LIE,LIG,LIT,TEG,TEL,TIE,TIG,TIL,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,ET,GI,IT,LI,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 36 words from gilet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gilet

gilet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gilet (“vest, waistcoat”), from regional Italian gileccu (Calabria), gilecco (Genoa), gelecco (Naples), ggileccu (Sicily), etc. (standard Italian gilè is borrowed from French), from Turkish yelek (“jelick; vest, waistcoat”) (ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹl (“wind”, noun)) with the final syllable modified to match other types of clothing such as corselet and mantelet. The Oxford English Dictionary does not regard the French word as having derived from Arabic جَلِيقَة (jalīqa), which it views as a recent borrowing from Italian into Algerian Arabic. Doublet of jelick.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʒiːleɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʒɪleɪ/, /ʒɪˈleɪ/
  • Rhymes: (one GA pronunciation) -eɪ
  • Hyphenation: gi‧let

Noun

gilet (plural gilets)

  1. (historical)
    1. A waistcoat worn by a man.
    2. A bodice worn by a woman similar to a man's waistcoat; also, a decorative panel at the front of such a bodice, or worn separately.
  2. (by extension) A sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth.
    Synonym: bodywarmer

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References

Further reading

  • gilet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “gilet”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • leg it, legit

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French gilet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒiˈlɛt/
  • Hyphenation: gi‧let
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

gilet n (plural gilets, diminutive giletje n)

  1. waistcoat, vest

French

Etymology

From regional Italian gileccu (Calabria), gilecco (Genoa), gelecco (Naples), ggileccu (Sicily), etc. (standard Italian gilè is borrowed from French), from Turkish yelek (“jelick; vest, waistcoat”) (ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹl (“wind”, noun)) with the final syllable modified to match other types of clothing such as corselet and mantelet. The Oxford English Dictionary does not regard the word as having derived from Arabic جَلِيقَة (jalīqa), which it views as a recent borrowing from Italian into Algerian Arabic. Compare Greek γιλέκο (giléko), Spanish chaleco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒi.lɛ/

Noun

gilet m (plural gilets)

  1. waistcoat, vest
  2. sweater
    Synonyms: pull, tricot, chandail

Derived terms

  • gilet de sauvetage
  • gilet jaune
  • gilet pare-balle/gilet pare-balles

Descendants

  • → Dutch: gilet
  • → English: gilet
  • → Franco-Provençal: g·ilèt
  • → Italian: gilè
  • → Russian: жиле́т (žilét)

References

Further reading

  • “gilet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Picard

Noun

gilet m

  1. sweater; jumper

Source: wiktionary.org