Home › Words › P › paillettepaillette/pælˈjɛt/paillette means A sequin or spangle.paillette is pronounced /pælˈjɛt/.EtymologyBorrowed from French paillette, from paille (“straw”) + -ette.nounA sequin or spangle.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).