cashmere

See also: Cashmere

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कश्मीर (kaśmīr) / (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Urdu کشمیر (kašmīr), meaning "Kashmir", from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæʃ.mɪə/, /kæʃ.ˈmɪə/
• IPA^(key): /kæʒ.ˈmiɹ/, /ˈkæʒ.miɹ/, /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/, /kæʃ.ˈmiɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

cashmere (usually uncountable, plural cashmeres)

1. (chiefly uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
2. (chiefly uncountable) A soft fabric made of this wool.

   a cashmere sweater

3. (countable) A rich kind of shawl made from this wool.
4. (countable, by extension) Any similar shawl.

Translations

fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat

• Bulgarian: кашмирска вълна f (kašmirska vǎlna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開司米／开司米 (zh) (kāisīmǐ), 开司米 (zh) (kāisīmǐ)

• Danish: cashmereuld c
• Finnish: pashminavilla
• French: cachemire (fr)
• Hindi: काश्मीरा (hi) m (kāśmīrā)
• Hungarian: kasmír
• Italian: cachemire m
• Japanese: カシミヤ (kashimiya)
• Kalmyk: кашмр (kaşmr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Mongolian: ямааны ноолуур (jamaany nooluur)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kasjmir m

  Nynorsk: kasjmir m

• Russian: кашеми́р (ru) m (kašemír)
• Spanish: cachemira (es) f
• Swedish: kashmir n or c, kaschmir (sv) n or c
• Turkish: kaşmir (tr)

soft fabric made of wool

• Bulgarian: кашмир m (kašmir)
• Catalan: caixmir m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開司米／开司米 (zh) (kāisīmǐ), 开司米 (zh) (kāisīmǐ)

• Finnish: kašmirvilla (fi)
• French: cachemire (fr) m
• Hindi: काश्मीरा (hi) m (kāśmīrā)
• Hungarian: kasmír
• Japanese: カシミヤ (kashimiya)
• Kalmyk: кашмр (kaşmr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Mongolian: ноолууран эдлэл (nooluuran edlel), ноолууран даавуу (nooluuran daavuu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kasjmir m

  Nynorsk: kasjmir m

• Polish: kaszmir (pl) m
• Russian: кашеми́р (ru) m (kašemír)
• Turkish: kaşmir (tr)

See also

• pashmina

Anagrams

• Marchese, Remaches, macheers, marchese, search me