stiletto C2 Topic:War & Conflict US /stɪˈlɛtoʊ/ UK /stɪˈlɛtəʊ/ See IPA manual Freq #34630 Meanings 1 noun a small dagger with a tapered blade The narrow stiletto was designed primarily for stabbing. Thesaurus Word family Forms stilettoes Derived forms stilettolike Common collocations stiletto heel Noun + noun Etymology Borrowed from Italian stiletto. By surface analysis, Latin stilus + Italian -etto. Doublet of stylet. Topics War & Conflict External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # stiletto **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /stɪˈlɛtoʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /stɪˈlɛtəʊ/ **Frequency rank:** 34630 ## Meanings 1. a small dagger with a tapered blade ## Examples - The narrow stiletto was designed primarily for stabbing. ## Derived Forms - stilettolike ## Etymology Borrowed from Italian stiletto. By surface analysis, Latin stilus + Italian -etto. Doublet of stylet. ## Topics - War & Conflict markdown