wallet
Meaning
- (UK, US) A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
- (broadly, informal) A person's bank account or assets.
- An e-wallet or digital wallet.
- A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.
- (archaic) A bag or pouch.
- (slang) A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).
Synonyms
small purse
patched garment
small scrip
pocket-book
Translations
portefeuille
portafoglio
cartera
carteira
πορτοφόλι
Geldbörse
portemonnee
carteraFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɒlɪt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English walet (“bag, knapsack”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet (“roll; bag; knapsack”), from Proto-Germanic *wal- (“to roll”). More at walk, well, wallow.
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