flanelle

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English flannel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla.nɛl/

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Noun

flanelle f (plural flanelles)

1. flannel (soft cloth material)
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     Il avait tort de tant manger! Pourquoi toujours offrir la goutte au premier venu? Quel entêtement que de ne pas vouloir porter de flanelle!

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Derived terms

• faire flanelle

Descendants

• → Catalan: franel·la
• → Dutch: flanel
  • Afrikaans: flanel
• → German: Flanell
  • → Danish: flonel
• → Italian: flanella
  • → Venetan: fanela
• → Luxembourgish: Flanell
• → Portuguese: flanela
• → Spanish: franela
  • → Tagalog: pranela
• → Swedish: flanell

Further reading

• “flanelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flaˈnɛl.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛlle
• Hyphenation: fla‧nèl‧le

Noun

flanelle f

1. plural of flanella