macramé

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See also: macrame and macramè

English[edit]

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The emblem of Tiberias, Israel made from macramé.
Macramé bracelets from Tobatí, Paraguay.

Etymology[edit]

1865, borrowed from French macramé, from Italian macramè, from Turkish makreme, from Arabic مِقْرَمَة (miqrama, “ornamental fringe, embroidered veil”), from مِقْرَم (miqram, “bedspread”),[1] from قَرَمَ (qarama, “to gnaw”), from Proto-Semitic *q-r-m.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

macramé (countable and uncountable, plural macramés)

  1. A form of decorative textile made by knotting and weaving.

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

macramé (third-person singular simple present macramés, present participle macraméing, simple past and past participle macraméed or macraméd)

  1. To create textiles using the macramé technique.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "macramé." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.
  2. ^ “macramé”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian macramè, from Turkish makreme, from Arabic مِقْرَمَة (miqrama, “ornamental fringe, embroidered veil”), from مِقْرَم (miqram, “bedspread”), from قَرَمَ (qarama, “to gnaw”), from Proto-Semitic *q-r-m.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ma.kʁa.me/
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

macramé m (plural macramés)

  1. macramé

Further reading[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French macramé.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /makɾaˈme/ [ma.kɾaˈme]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: ma‧cra‧mé

Noun[edit]

macramé m (plural macramés)

  1. macramé

Further reading[edit]

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