bombazine
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French bombasin, from Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bombazine (countable and uncountable, plural bombazines)
- 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[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French bombasin (m), in the feminine form; Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bombazine f (plural bombazines)
- 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[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian bambagino.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: bom‧ba‧zi‧ne
Noun[edit]
bombazine f (plural bombazines)
References[edit]
- ^ “bombazina” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “bombazine” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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