English Explanatory Dictionary

wallet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
  2. A person's bank account or assets.
  3. An e-wallet or digital wallet.
  4. A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.
  5. A bag or pouch.
  6. A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).

Pronunciation

/ˈwɒl.ɪt/ /ˈwɑl.ət/ /ˈwɔl.ət/ /ˈwɒ.lɪt/ En-au-wallet.ogg

Word forms

wallet wallets

Etymology

From Middle English walet (“a bag, knapsack”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet (“a roll; bag; a knapsack”), from Proto-Germanic *wal- (“to roll”). More at walk, well, wallow.

Synonyms

billfold pocketbook

Related words

purse scrip

Derived words

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