woolen

English

Alternative forms

• woollen (UK)
• wollen

Etymology

From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wullen, wyllen (“made of wool, woollen”), from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool +‎ -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian ulne (“fuzzy”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊlən
• Rhymes: -əʊlən

Adjective

woolen (not comparable)

1. (US) Made of wool.

Derived terms

• wool

Related terms

• wooly (US), woolly (UK)

Translations

made of wool

• Arabic: صُوفِيٌّ (ar)
• Bulgarian: вълнен (bg) (vǎlnen)
• Dutch: wollen (nl)
• Finnish: villa- (fi) (in compounds), villainen (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: wollen, Woll-
• Greek: μάλλινος (el) (mállinos)
• Ido: lana (io)
• Korean: 양모의 (yangmo-ui)
• Macedonian: волнен (mk) (vólnen)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ullen (nb)

  Nynorsk: ullen (nn)

• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: шерстяной (ru) (šerstjanój)
• Telugu: ఉన్ని (te) (unni)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: вовняний (uk) (vovnjanyj) m (wown'anyj)
• Yiddish: וואָלן (yi) (voln)

Noun

woolen (plural woolens)

1. An item of clothing made from wool

   Put all the woolens in this basket.

Translations

item of clothing made from wool

• German: Wollware (de) f

• Korean: 모직물 (ko) (mojingmul)