gilet
gi·let/ˈʒɪleɪ/noun
gilet is spelled G-I-L-E-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables (gi·let). It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gilet means “A waistcoat worn by a man” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gilet is gilets.
How many letters and syllables are in gilet?
| Letters | 5: G-I-L-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: gi·let |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gilet?
Gilet appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gilet?
- UK /ˈʒiːleɪ/
- US /ˈʒɪleɪ/
- US /ʒɪˈleɪ/
Gilet has 2 syllables, split gi·let in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gilet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gilet?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gilet from its last stressed vowel (/ɪleɪ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: legit.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gilet
- gilets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gilet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 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.
- 3
A sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gilet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; speci:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Gilet |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gilet come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).