pacotille

P3A1C3O1T1I1L1L1E1

noun

Something of little or no value exchanged for something valuable, originally goods exchanged for slaves.

OriginFrench pacotille →
Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounpacotille (plural pacotilles)

plural pacotilles

  1. Trinidad and TobagoSomething of little or no value exchanged for something valuable, originally goods exchanged for slaves.

Origin

  1. Frenchpacotille“junk”
  2. Englishpacotille

French pacotille (“junk”)

More words from French

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pollicateCapetillo
Cite this entry
APA

pacotille. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pacotille

MLA

“pacotille.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pacotille. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pacotille,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pacotille.

Source: pacotille on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.