bombazine

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /bɔ̃.ba.zin/

Noun

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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

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Borrowed from Italian bambagino.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bom‧ba‧zi‧ne

Noun

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bombazine f (plural bombazines)

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

References

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  1. ^ bombazina”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ bombazine”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024