bombazine

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French bombasin, from Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (silkworm).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒmbəziːn/, /ˈbʌmbəziːn/

Noun

bombazine (countable and uncountable, plural bombazines)

  1. A twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.
    • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 144:
      I watched the animated widows in their bombazine dresses, capping each other's memories.

French

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bombasin (m), in the feminine form; Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (silkworm).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /bɔ̃.ba.zin/

Noun

bombazine f (plural bombazines)

  1. bombazine
    • 2012, Anne Perry, translated by Florence Bertrand, Dorchester Terrace:
      Peut-être portait-elle des bottines à talon plus haut sous le volant de sa jupe en bombazine.
      [original: Perhaps she had new boots with a higher heel. Under the swirl of her black bombazine skirt it was not possible to tell.]

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bambagino.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bõ.baˈzĩ.ni/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bõ.baˈzi.ne/

  • Hyphenation: bom‧ba‧zi‧ne

Noun

bombazine f (plural bombazines)

  1. (Portugal) corduroy (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
    calças de bombazinecorduroy pants

References

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