chintz

English

Chintz

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɪnts/
• Rhymes: -ɪnts

Noun

chintz (countable and uncountable, plural chintzes)

1. A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind‎^[1]:

     He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, […] a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam. He found some glasses which didn't look very clean and polished them on a chintz window curtain.

Derived terms

• chintzy

Translations

fabric

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印花棉布 (yìnhuā miánbù)

• Danish: chintz c
• Dutch: sits (nl)
• Estonian: sits
• Faroese: kins n
• French: chintz (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Chintz (de)
• Hindi: छींट (chī̃ṭ)
• Portuguese: chita (pt)
• Russian: чинц m (činc), си́тец (ru) m (sítec)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: cic (sh) m

References

• Chintz