The plump young woman thrust the heel of her stiletto into my big toe under the pretence that I had been too forceful.
Source: tatoeba (668075)
Stiletto
//stɪˈlɛtoʊ//
Synonyms for "stiletto" (20 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (10)
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44 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خُنَيْجِر noun (stabbing weapon)
Belarusian
2 entries- шпі́лька noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
- штыле́т noun (stabbing weapon)
Bulgarian
3 entries- високи токчета noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
- малка кама noun (stabbing weapon)
- стилет noun (stabbing weapon)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 短劍 /短剑 noun (stabbing weapon)
Dutch
1 entries- stiletto noun (stabbing weapon)
Esperanto
1 entries- stileto noun (stabbing weapon)
Finnish
2 entries- piikkikorkokenkä noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
- stiletti noun (stabbing weapon)
French
2 entries- stylet noun (stabbing weapon)
- talon aiguille noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
German
4 entries- Dolchmesser noun (stabbing weapon)
- Stilett noun (stabbing weapon)
- Stiletto noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
- Stöckelschuh noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
Ido
1 entries- stileto noun (stabbing weapon)
Irish
2 entries- stílín noun (stabbing weapon)
- stílín noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
Italian
2 entries- stiletto noun (stabbing weapon)
- tacco noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
Japanese
3 entries- スティレット noun (stabbing weapon)
- 小剣 noun (stabbing weapon)
- 短剣 noun (stabbing weapon)
Korean
2 entries- 단검 noun (stabbing weapon)
- 스틸레토 noun (stabbing weapon)
Lithuanian
1 entries- stiletas noun (stabbing weapon)
Macedonian
1 entries- шти́кла noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
Polish
2 entries- szpilka noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
- sztylet noun (stabbing weapon)
Portuguese
1 entries- estilete noun (stabbing weapon)
Romanian
1 entries- stilet noun (stabbing weapon)
Russian
4 entries- кинжа́л noun (stabbing weapon)
- ко́ртик noun (stabbing weapon)
- стиле́т noun (stabbing weapon)
- шпи́лька noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
Spanish
2 entries- estilete noun (stabbing weapon)
- zapato de tacón de aguja noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
Swedish
2 entries- stilett noun (stabbing weapon)
- stilettklack noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
Turkish
1 entries- stiletto noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
Ukrainian
2 entries- стиле́т noun (stabbing weapon)
- шпи́лька noun (woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Mary wore stiletto heels.
Source: tatoeba (9246746)
Those stiletto heels look stunning but are hard to walk in.
Source: tatoeba (13330879)
There the cause of death was soon ascertained; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which, I may tell you, was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom.
Source: wiktionary
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