epaulet

English

Alternative forms

• epaulette

Etymology

From French épaulette, from épaule (“shoulder”) +‎ -ette (diminutive).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpəlɛt/, /ˌɛpəˈlɛt/

Noun

epaulet (plural epaulets)

1. A decoration or flourish worn on the shoulders, as on a uniform.
2. (entomology) tegula
   • 1981, Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 1, →ISBN, page 28:

     The most proxlmal plate, at the extreme base of the costal margin, is the tegula (costal plate, epaulet)...

Translations

shoulder decoration

• Bulgarian: еполет m (epolet)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肩章 (jiānzhāng)

• Finnish: epoletti, olkain (fi)
• French: épaulette (fr) f
• German: Achselstück (de) n, Achselklappe f, Epaulette (de) f
• Greek: επωμίδα (el) f (epomída)
• Irish: guailleog f
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• Italian: mostrina (it) f
• Japanese: 肩章 (けんしょう, kenshō)
• Korean: 견장 (ko) (gyeonjang)
• Portuguese: dragona f
• Russian: эполе́т (ru) m (epolét), пого́н (ru) m (pogón)
• Spanish: charretera (es) f
• Thai: อินทรธนู (in-tá-nuu)