franela

Spanish

A T-shirt

Etymology

Borrowed from French flanelle, from English flannel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɾaˈnela/ [fɾaˈne.la]
Rhymes: -ela
Syllabification: fra‧ne‧la

Noun

franela f (plural franelas)

flannel (a soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers)
(Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela) T-shirt
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:camiseta

Descendants

→ Tagalog: pranela
→ Egyptian Arabic: فنلّة

Further reading

“franela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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