xiné

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French chiné, past participle of chiner (“to produce fabric in this manner”), from Chine (“China”) as the source of this technique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃiˈne]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [t͡ʃiˈne]

Noun

xiné m (plural xinés)

1. a patterned textile which has the pattern produced by dying the warp threads with the pattern prior to weaving, thereby blurring the image randomly when woven

Further reading

• “xiné” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “xiné”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “xiné” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “xiné” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.