sleeve

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English

Etymology

From Middle English sleve, from Old English sliefe, slefe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sliːv/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

sleeve (plural sleeves)

1. The part of a garment that covers the arm. [from 10th c.]

   The sleeves on my coat are too long.

2. A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc. [from 19th c.]

   This bearing requires a sleeve so the shaft will fit snugly.

3. A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD. [from 20th c.]
4. A narrow channel of water.
   • Drayton

     the Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve

Related terms

• shirt-sleeves
• sleeveless
• raglan
• thimble

Translations

part of a garment that covers the arm

• Albanian: mëngë (sc) f
• Arabic: كم (ar) (kumm) m
• Armenian: թևք (hy) (t’evk’)
• Aromanian: mãnicã (rup) f
• Asturian: manga (ast) f
• Belarusian: рукаў (be) (rukáŭ) m
• Bulgarian: ръкав (bg) (rǎkáv) m
• Catalan: màniga (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 袖子 (cmn) (xiùzi)

• Choctaw: shakba
• Czech: rukáv (cs) m
• Danish: ærme (da) n
• Dutch: mouw (nl)
• Esperanto: maniko (eo)
• Faroese: erma (fo) f
• Finnish: hiha (fi)
• French: manche (fr) f
• Galician: manga (gl) f
• Georgian: სახელო (ka) (saxelo)
• German: Ärmel (de) m
• Greek: μανίκι (el) (maníki) n
• Hungarian: ujj (hu), ruhaujj (hu)
• Icelandic: ermi (is) f

• Italian: manica (it)
• Japanese: 袖 (ja) (そで, sode), スリーブ (ja) (surību)
• Jèrriais: manche f
• Latin: manica (la)
• Macedonian: ракав (mk) (rákav) m
• Malay: lengan baju (ms)
• Norwegian: erme (no) n
• Old Norse: ermr f
• Persian: آستین (fa) (âstin)
• Polish: rękaw (pl) m
• Portuguese: manga (pt) f
• Romanian: mânecă (ro)
• Russian: рукав (ru) (rukáv) m
• Scottish Gaelic: muinichill (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рукав (sh) m

  Roman: rukav (sh) m

• Slovak: rukáv (sk) m
• Slovene: rokav (sl) m
• Spanish: manga (es) f
• Swedish: ärm (sv) c
• Turkish: yen (tr)
• Ukrainian: рукав (uk) (rukáv) m

mechanical covering or lining

• Finnish: kaulus (fi)
• French: chemise (fr) f (inner), gaine (fr) f (outer), manchon (fr) m
• Greek: δακτυλίδι σύνδεσης (el) (daktylídi sýndesis) n, συνδετικό χιτώνιο (el) (syndetikó chitónio) n

• Russian: рукав (ru) (rukáv) m, втулка (ru) (vtúlka) f, гильза (ru) (gíl'za) f, стакан (ru) (stakán) m, муфта (ru) (múfta) f
• Spanish: funda (es) f

record cover

• Dutch: platenhoes (nl) f, hoes (nl) f
• French: pochette (fr) f (of record), boîtier (fr) m (of CD)

• Greek: θήκη (el) (thíki) f, κάλυμμα (el) (kálymma) n
• Swedish: fodral (sv) n

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: mouw f
• Erzya: ожа (ozha)

• German: Ärmel m
• Italian: manica f (1)

Verb

sleeve (third-person singular simple present sleeves, present participle sleeving, simple past and past participle sleeved)

1. (transitive) to fit a sleeve to

Translations

to fit a sleeve to

• Russian: пришива́ть рука́в (prishivát’ rukáv)

• Spanish: enfundar (es)

Anagrams

• levees

External links

• Sleeve in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.