denim

See also: dénim

English

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French phrase serge de Nîmes (“serge from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛnɪm/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

denim (uncountable)

1. A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

Derived terms

• denims

Related terms

• jeans

Descendants

• Finnish: denimi
• Irish: deinim
• Japanese: デニム (denimu)

Translations

textile with diagonal pattern

• Armenian: ջինս (hy) (ǰins)
• Bulgarian: деним m (denim)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牛仔布 (ngau⁴ zai² bou³)

  Mandarin: 牛仔布 (niúzǎibù), 丹寧布／丹宁布 (dānníngbù), 丹宁布 (dānníngbù)

• Czech: džínsovina (cs) f, džínovina (cs) f
• Dutch: denim (nl) n, spijkerstof (nl) n
• Estonian: teksariie, teksasriie
• Finnish: denimi, farkkukangas (fi)
• French: denim (fr) m
• German: Denim m or n, Baumwolldrillich m, Jeansgewebe n, Jeansstoff m, Kattun m, Jeans-
• Greek: τζην n (tzin)
• Icelandic: dením n
• Irish: deinim f, géin f
• Japanese: デニム (denimu)
• Korean: 데님 (denim)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Luxembourgish: Jeans f
• Macedonian: тексас m (teksas)
• Maori: tāngari, tenimi
• Norman: dgêne m
• Persian: جین (fa) (jin)
• Polish: dżins (pl) m, jeans (pl) m, teksas (pl) m, denim (pl) m
• Portuguese: jeans m, ganga (pt)
• Russian: дени́м (ru) m (dɛním), джи́нсовая ткань f (džínsovaja tkanʹ), джинс (ru) m (džins)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тексас m

  Latin: teksas (sh) m

• Spanish: mezclilla f, tela tejana
• Swedish: jeans (sv), denim (sv)
• Tagalog: maong
• Turkish: denim (tr), kot (tr), blucin (tr)

Anagrams

• EDMIn, Indem., menid, minde, mined

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English denim.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: de‧nim

Noun

denim n (uncountable)

1. denim

Synonyms

• spijkerstof

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French

Etymology

From serge de Nîmes (“serge from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

denim m (plural denims)

1. denim

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Old Irish

Verb

·denim

1. Alternative spelling of ·dénim

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·denim	·denim pronounced with /-ð(ʲ)-/	·ndenim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Spanish

Noun

denim m (uncountable)

1. denim