shantung

See also: Shantung and Shan-tung

English

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 山東／山东 (Shāndōng), Shantung.

Noun

shantung (countable and uncountable, plural shantungs)

1. A heavy fabric, with a rough surface, made from wild silk.
   • 1963, H. E. Bates, “Major of Hussars”, in Seven by Five:

     The yellow beer, the light shantung suit and the gleaming white teeth were all alight with the trembling silver reflections that sprang from the sunlight on the water.

2. A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics.

Descendants

• → Tagalog: siyantung

Translations

fabric

• Russian: чесуча́ (ru) f (česučá)

Anagrams

• T'ung-shan

French

Noun

shantung m (plural shantungs)

1. Alternative spelling of chantoung

Further reading

• “shantung”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Noun

shantung m (plural shantungs)

1. shantung

Tagalog

Noun

shantung (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔)

1. Alternative spelling of siyantung