Meanings
plural wallets
- UKUSA small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
I forgot my wallet and left it at home.
2 more examples
The thief stole all the money and credit cards out of the old man's wallet.
Master leathercrafter does handcrafted wallets, belts, purses, handbags etc., supporting self and helpers. Good enough to carve fantst art and portraits into leather.
1987 August 15, Robert Benitez, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 14 - broadlyinformalA person's bank account or assets.
It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.
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In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion—or more simply, in the poorer latitudes, for the mere acquisition of things—would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan […]
2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 6 - businessAn e-wallet or digital wallet.
- archaicA bag or pouch.
He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.
- slangA person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).
He fell down and landed on his wallet.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*wal-“to roll”
- Old Northern French*walet“a roll; bag; a knapsack”
- Middle Englishwalet“a bag, knapsack”
- Englishwallet
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.
More words from Middle English, Old Northern French, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans beursie
- beursiecase for keeping money
Ancient Greek φάσκωλος, βαλλάντιον
- φάσκωλος (pháskōlos)case for keeping money
- βαλλάντιον (ballántion)a pouch or small bag
Arabic مِحْفَظَة, حَافِظَة
- مِحْفَظَة (miḥfaẓa)case for keeping money
- حَافِظَة (ḥāfiẓa)case for keeping money
- جِزدان (jizdén)case for keeping money
Basque kartera
- karteracase for keeping money
Bengali ওয়ালেট, মানিব্যাগ
- ওয়ালেট (ōẇaleṭ)case for keeping money
- মানিব্যাগ (manibbag)case for keeping money
Bulgarian портфе́йл, портмоне́
- портфе́йл (portféjl)case for keeping money
- портмоне́ (portmoné)case for keeping money
Catalan bitlletera, cartera
- bitlleteracase for keeping money
- carteracase for keeping money
Chinese Cantonese 銀包 /银包, 荷包
- 銀包 /银包 (ngan⁴ baau¹)case for keeping money
- 荷包 (ho⁴ baau¹)case for keeping money
- 錢包 /钱包case for keeping money
- 錢袋 /钱袋case for keeping money
Chinese Mandarin 錢包 /钱包, 皮夾 /皮夹
- 錢包 /钱包 (qiánbāo)case for keeping money
- 皮夾 /皮夹 (píjiā)case for keeping money
- 錢袋 /钱袋 (qiándài)case for keeping money
Czech peněženka, portmonka (obecná čeština)
- peněženkacase for keeping money
- portmonka (obecná čeština)case for keeping money
Danish tegnebog, pengepung
- tegnebogcase for keeping money
- pengepungcase for keeping money
- pungcase for keeping money
- portemonnæcase for keeping money
Dutch portemonnee, portefeuille
- portemonneecase for keeping money
- portefeuillecase for keeping money
- beurscase for keeping money
Esperanto monujo, biletujo
- monujocase for keeping money
- biletujocase for keeping money
Estonian rahatasku, rahakott
- rahataskucase for keeping money
- rahakottcase for keeping money
Finnish lompakko
- lompakkocase for keeping money
French portefeuille, portemonnaie
- portefeuillecase for keeping money
- portemonnaiecase for keeping money
German Portemonnaie, Portmonee
- Portemonnaiecase for keeping money
- Portmoneecase for keeping money
- Brieftaschecase for keeping money
- Geldbeutelcase for keeping money
- Geldbörsecase for keeping money
- Börsecase for keeping money
Greek πορτοφόλι
- πορτοφόλι (portofóli)case for keeping money
Hebrew אַרְנָק
- אַרְנָק (arnák)case for keeping money
Hindi बटुआ
- बटुआ (baṭuā)case for keeping money
Hungarian pénztárca
- pénztárcacase for keeping money
Icelandic veski, seðlaveski
- veskicase for keeping money
- seðlaveskicase for keeping money
- buddacase for keeping money
Indonesian dompet
- dompetcase for keeping money
Irish sparán, vallait
- sparáncase for keeping money
- vallaitcase for keeping money
- tiachóga pouch or small bag
Italian portafoglio, borsellino
- portafogliocase for keeping money
- borsellinocase for keeping money
Japanese 財布, 札入れ
- 財布 (saifu)case for keeping money
- 札入れ (satsuire)case for keeping money
Korean 지갑
- 지갑 (jigap)case for keeping money
Latin pēra
- pēracase for keeping money
Latvian maks, naudasmaks
- makscase for keeping money
- naudasmakscase for keeping money
Lithuanian dėklas, piniginė
- dėklascase for keeping money
- piniginėcase for keeping money
Malay دومڤيت, dompet
- دومڤيتcase for keeping money
- dompetcase for keeping money
Māori wārete, kopa
- wāretecase for keeping money
- kopacase for keeping money
- pāhicase for keeping money
- honaecase for keeping money
- honaea pouch or small bag
Norwegian Bokmål lommebok
- lommebokcase for keeping money
Polish portfel, portmonetka
- portfelcase for keeping money
- portmonetkacase for keeping money
Portuguese carteira
- carteiracase for keeping money
Romanian portofel, portmoneu
- portofelcase for keeping money
- portmoneucase for keeping money
Russian бума́жник, кошелёк
- бума́жник (bumážnik)case for keeping money
- кошелёк (košeljók)case for keeping money
- портмоне́ (portmonɛ́)case for keeping money
Scottish Gaelic màileid, màileid-pòca
- màileidcase for keeping money
- màileid-pòcacase for keeping money
Slovak peňaženka, portmonka
- peňaženkacase for keeping money
- portmonkacase for keeping money
- náprsná taškacase for keeping money
Spanish cartera, billetera
- carteracase for keeping money
- billeteracase for keeping money
Swahili kipochi
- kipochicase for keeping money
Swedish plånbok
- plånbokcase for keeping money
Tagalog pitaka, tampipi
- pitakacase for keeping money
- tampipicase for keeping money
Thai กระเป๋าสตางค์, กระเป๋าเงิน
- กระเป๋าสตางค์ (grà-bpǎo-sà-dtaang)case for keeping money
- กระเป๋าเงิน (grà-bpǎo-ngən)case for keeping money
- กระเป๋าตังค์ (grà-bpǎo-dtang)case for keeping money
- กระเป๋าธนบัตร (grà-bpǎo-tá-ná-bàt)case for keeping money
Turkish cüzdan, portföy
- cüzdancase for keeping money
- portföycase for keeping money
Ukrainian гамане́ць
- гамане́ць (hamanécʹ)case for keeping money
Urdu بَٹْوَا, بَٹْوَہ
- بَٹْوَا (baṭvā)case for keeping money
- بَٹْوَہ (baṭva)case for keeping money
Vietnamese ví, bóp
- vícase for keeping money
- bópcase for keeping money
Welsh gwaled
- gwaledcase for keeping money
Yiddish בײַטל
- בײַטל (baytl)case for keeping money
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wallet
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Cite this entry
wallet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wallet
“wallet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wallet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wallet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wallet.
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