brocade

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Etymology

From Spanish and Portuguese brocado, influenced by French brocart, from Italian broccato, from brocco, ultimately from Gaulish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes -eɪd

Noun

brocade (countable and uncountable; plural brocades)

1. (countable, uncountable) A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven.
2. An item decorated with brocade.

Translations

fabric

• Bulgarian: брокат (bg) (brokat) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錦緞 (cmn), 锦缎 (cmn) (jǐnduàn)

• Czech: brokát (cs) m
• Dutch: brokaat (nl) n
• Finnish: brokadi (fi)
• French: brocart (fr) m

• Georgian: ფარჩა (ka) (p’arč’a), სტავრა (ka) (stavra)
• German: Brokat (de) m, Brokatstoff (de) m, Seidenbrokat (de) m
• Ido: brokato (io)
• Polish: brokat (pl) m
• Russian: парча (ru) (parčá) f
• Volapük: brokat (vo), (silk) sadinabrokat (vo)

Verb

brocade (third-person singular simple present brocades, present participle brocading, simple past and past participle brocaded)

1. To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.

Translations

decorate fabric with patterns

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 織錦 (cmn), 织锦 (cmn) (zhījǐn)

• Finnish: kutoa brokadia (fi)

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