suede

See also Suède, and suède

English

Wikipedia

a suede jacket

Etymology

French (gants de) Suède (“(gloves of) Sweden”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sweɪd/, X-SAMPA: /sweId/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd
• Homophone: swayed

Noun

suede (uncountable)

1. A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.
   • 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 17, The Subtle Minotaur^[1]:

     “She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”

Translations

type of leather

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仿麂皮 (cmn) (fǎngjǐpí), 麂皮 (cmn) (jǐpí)

• Finnish: mokka (fi), mokkanahka (fi)
• French: suède (fr) m, cuir suédé (fr) m, daim (fr) m
• German: Wildleder (de) n, Veloursleder (de) n
• Irish: svaeid (ga) f

• Italian: camoscio (it) m
• Japanese: スエード (ja) (suēdo)
• Polish: zamsz (pl) m
• Portuguese: camurça (pt) f
• Russian: замша (ru) (zámša) f
• Spanish: gamuza (es) f

Adjective

suede (not comparable)

1. Made of suede

Derived terms

• suede brush
• suedehead
• suede shoe

Translations

made of suede

• French: de suède, de cuir suédé, de daim

• Russian: замша (ru) (zamša) f