satin

See also Satin, and sätin

English

Etymology

From Old French satin, perhaps from Arabic الساتان زيتون (“satin from Zaitun”), a city in China, perhaps 新疆, Tsinkiang in the Fukien province, a port during the middle ages. The word's form is perhaps influenced by French seta (“silk”). OED finds the Arabic theory insupportable and instead suggests the French word as coming directly from Latin.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ætɪn

Adjective

satin (not comparable)

1. Semi-glossy. Particularly describing a type of paint.

Translations

smooth and shiny

• French: satiné (fr)

Noun

Wikipedia satin (plural satins)

1. A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).

Translations

cloth with a glossy surface and a dull back

• Burmese: ဖဲ (my) (hpè:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緞子 (cmn), 缎子 (cmn) (duànzi)

• Finnish: satiini (fi)
• French: satin (fr) m
• German: Satin (de) m

• Italian: satin (it) m raso (it) m
• Japanese: サテン (ja) (saten)
• Polish: satyna (pl) f
• Russian: атлас (ru) (atlás) m, сатин (ru) (satín) m
• Spanish: satén (es) m
• Swedish: siden (sv)

Anagrams

• antis, saint, Saint, stain, tians, tisan

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Italian

Noun

satin m (invariable)

1. satin

Synonyms

• raso

Derived terms

• satinato

Anagrams

• santi, stani

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Latin

Etymology

A contraction of satisne.

Adverb

satin

1. introducing questions

   Satin' hoc plane?

   Isn't this plain enough?

   Satin' omnia ex sententia?

   Is every thing to your mind?

   Satin' salva sunt omnia?

   Isn't everything well?