drapery

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultimately of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪpəɹi/

Noun

drapery (countable and uncountable, plural draperies)

1. (uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
2. (countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
3. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.

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4. Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
   • Macaulay

     people who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery

Translations

uncountable: cloth draped gracefully in folds

• Finnish: drapeeraus
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countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain

• Catalan: cortina (ca) f
• Finnish: verho (fi)
• French: rideau (fr) m
• Galician: cortina (gl) f
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• German: Vorhang (de) m
• Italian: tenda (it) f
• Portuguese: cortina (pt) f
• Spanish: cortina (es) f
• Swedish: draperi (sv) n

the occupation of a draper

• Irish: éadaitheoireacht f
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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} драперия (bg) (draperija)
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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} drapiro