wallet
Pronunciation: /ˈwɒl.ɪt/
The English word “wallet” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
- 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.
- A bag or pouch.
- A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).
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.
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