Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palette

/ˈpælɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables: pal-ette
IPA: /ˈpælɪt/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.

noun

A set of colours available to be used (or mixed).

noun

The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.

noun

The range of tones or tone colors in a given musical composition or performance.

noun

A set of makeup including a variety of colors, often packaged together in a tray.

noun

A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.

noun

A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.

noun

A plate against which a person presses their chest to give force to a hand-operated drill.

Example Sentences

"Use your mouse to select the colour you want to use from the circular colour palette."
"The unified colour palette of reds, blues, and yellows used throughout the signage matches that of the institution’s logo and letterhead."
"She removed an eyeshadow palette from her bag."
"It would be extremely beneficial to have the right subassemblies with the parameters already set available on your tool palette."
"For the San Francisco project, he whittled down the palette to a handful of key surfaces, chief among them French limestone, hard oak, and Danish brick—long, slender, stunning."

Etymology

Borrowed from French palette. Doublet of pallet.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: palette

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpælɪt/
British English: /ˈpælɪt/

Inflected Forms

palettes (plural)

Derived Forms

minipalette paletted palettelike palettise palettization palettize subpalette

Phrases

palette knife palette swap palette window parallel palette wet palette

Synonyms

pallet pallette

Homonyms

palate pallet pallette

Rhymes With

ballot palate pallet vallot valet mallet pallette sallet

Questions

How do you pronounce palette?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpælɪt/.
What does palette mean?: A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
Where does palette come from?: It is traced to French.

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