aiguilleter
French, verb/ɛ.ɡɥij.te/
aiguilleter is spelled A-I-G-U-I-L-L-E-T-E-R (11 letters). Aiguilleter is a French verb meaning “to lace up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attacher ses chausses à son pourpoint avec des aiguillettes”.
What does aiguilleter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lace up
- 2
to tie or knot together (with string, ribbon etc)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Attacher ses chausses à son pourpoint avec des aiguillettes. 2. Joindre, lier ensemble, au moyen d’un petit cordage, deux objets qui ne se croisent pas et qui quelquefois même restent éloignés l’un de l’autre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aiguilleter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- aiguilletant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- aiguilleté participle past
- aiguillette first-person indicative present
- aiguillète first-person indicative present
- aiguillettes indicative present second-person
- aiguillètes indicative present second-person
- aiguilletons first-person indicative plural
- aiguilletez indicative plural present
- aiguillettent indicative plural present
- aiguillètent indicative plural present
- aiguilletais first-person imperfect indicative
- aiguilletait imperfect indicative singular
- aiguilletions first-person imperfect indicative
- aiguilletiez imperfect indicative plural
- aiguilletaient imperfect indicative plural
- aiguilletai first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aiguilleter?
- /ɛ.ɡɥij.te/
- /e.ɡɥij.te/
- \ɛ.ɡɥi.jə.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.