stylet
French, noun/sti.lɛ/
stylet is spelled S-T-Y-L-E-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stylet is a French masculine noun meaning “stiletto (blade)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de poignard, dont la lame est très mince et ordinairement triangulaire”.
What does stylet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestiletto (blade)
noun
- 1
masculinestylus
- 2
masculinestylet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de poignard, dont la lame est très mince et ordinairement triangulaire. 2. Utilisé (improprement suivant une stricte étymologie) au lieu de style pour désigner un poinçon servant à écrire sur une tablette. 3. Aiguille d'un enregistreur. 4. Petite tige métallique dont une extrémité est parfois percée d’un chas, destinée à explorer les canaux naturels et les plaies.
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 stylet
- stylets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stylet?
- /sti.lɛ/
- \sti.lɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stylet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stylet in French?
stylet appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).