gilet

French gilet, from Arabic جَلِيقَة‎ (jalīqa), ultimately from Turkish yelek.[1]

gilet (plural gilets)

1. A sleeveless jacket similar to a waistcoat.

• leg it, legit

From Arabic جَلِيقَة‎ (jalīqa), from Turkish yelek (“waistcoat”), modeled after corset, mantelet etc. Compare Greek γιλέκο (giléko).

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.lɛ/

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gilet m (plural gilets)

1. waistcoat, vest
2. sweater

• gilet de sauvetage
• gilet pare-balle

• → English: gilet
• → Italian: gilè

• “gilet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

gilet m

1. sweater; jumper