fleece

See also: Fleece

English

Etymology

From Middle English flees, flese, flus, fleos, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-Germanic *fleusaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fliːs/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

fleece (countable and uncountable, plural fleeces)

1. (uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
2. (uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached
3. (countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
4. (countable) An insulating wooly jacket
5. (roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
6. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
7. The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

Derived terms

• fleeceless
• fleecewear
• fleece wool
• fleecy
• Golden Fleece

Translations

hair or wool of a sheep

• Armenian: բուրդ (hy) (burd), (archaic) գեղմ (hy) (geġm)
• Belarusian: руно́ n (runó), шэрсць f (šerscʹ), во́ўна f (vóŭna)
• Bulgarian: руно́ (bg) n (runó), вълна́ (bg) f (vǎlná)
• Catalan: velló m, vell (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羊毛 (zh) (yángmáo)

• Czech: rouno (cs) n, vlna (cs) f
• Dutch: vlies (nl) n
• Esperanto: ŝaflano, ŝafharo
• Finnish: karva (fi), villa (fi)
• French: toison (fr) f
• Galician: capela f
• German: Vlies (de) n
• Greek: προβιά (el) f (proviá), μηλωτή (el) f (milotí)

  Ancient: πόκος m (pókos), κῶας (kôas), νάκη f (nákē)

• Hebrew: גִּזָּה f (gizzá)
• Hungarian: gyapjú (hu)
• Italian: vello (it) m
• Japanese: 羊毛 (yōmō)
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• Korean: 양모 (ko) (yangmo)
• Latin: vellus n
• Latvian: vilna f
• Macedonian: руно n (runo), волна f (volna)
• Polish: runo (pl) n, wełna (pl) f
• Portuguese: tosão
• Quechua: rutuy, millma
• Romanian: lână (ro)
• Russian: руно́ (ru) n (runó), шерсть (ru) f (šerstʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: rùsg m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: руно n, вуна f

  Roman: runo (sh) n, vuna (sh) f

• Slovak: rúno n, vlna f
• Slovene: runo (sl) n, volna (sl) f
• Spanish: lana (es) f, toisón m
• Tagalog: balahibo ng tupa
• Ukrainian: руно́ n (runó), шерсть f (šerstʹ), во́вна f (vóvna)
• Welsh: cnu f, cnuoedd f pl

insulating skin with the wool attached

• Catalan: velló m, vell (ca) m
• Czech: rouno (cs) n
• Dutch: vel (nl) n
• Esperanto: (kruda) felo (eo), (preparita) pelto (eo)
• Finnish: talja (fi)
• French: toison (fr) f
• German: Fell (de) n
• Greek: προβιά (el) f (proviá)

  Ancient: πόκος m (pókos), κῶας (kôas), νάκη f (nákē)

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• Hungarian: gyapjas bőr
• Italian: vello (it) m, pelliccia (it) f, tosone m
• Latin: vellus n
• Portuguese: pelego (pt)
• Russian: овчи́на (ru) f (ovčína)
• Scottish Gaelic: rùsg m
• Slovak: rúno n
• Spanish: piel (es) f, vellón (es) m

textile

• Catalan: pelfa f
• Finnish: fleecekangas, fleece (fi), fliisi
• French: molleton (fr) m
• Galician: felpa f
• German: Fleece n
• Italian: felpa (it) f
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• Japanese: フリース (ja) (furīsu)
• Spanish: felpa (es) f, pana (es) f, terciopelo (es)
• Swedish: fleece (sv)
• Ukrainian: фліс m (flis)

insulating wooly jacket

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: flís m
• Finnish: fleecetakki, fleece (fi), fliisi
• French: polaire (fr) f
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• German: Fleecejacke (de) f
• Icelandic: flíspeysa (is) f
• Italian: pile (it) m

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• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} runo (sl) n
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Verb

1. (transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.

   There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.

2. (transitive) To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).

   During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.

3. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.

Translations

to con or trick someone out of money

• Bulgarian: оскубвам (bg) (oskubvam)
• Dutch: oplichten (nl)
• Finnish: nylkeä (fi)
• French: dévaliser (fr), dépouiller (fr)
• German: abziehen (de), ausnehmen (de)
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• Hungarian: megvág (hu), megkopaszt (hu)
• Italian: spiumare, pelare (it)
• Latin: dēfloccō
• Romanian: stoarce (ro)
• Russian: обдира́ть (ru) impf (obdirátʹ), ободра́ть как ли́пку pf (obodrátʹ kak lípku)
• Spanish: esquilmar (es), desplumar (es)

to shear the fleece

• Bulgarian: стрижа (bg) (striža)
• Finnish: keritä (fi)
• French: tondre (fr)
• German: scheren (de)
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• Persian: پشم چیدن (fa) (pašm čidan), فریز کردن (fariz kardan)
• Russian: стричь ове́ц (stričʹ ovéc)
• Spanish: esquilar (es)

See also

• (con): nickel and dime

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fleece.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfliːsi/, [ˈfliːs̠i]
• IPA^(key): /ˈfliːs/, [ˈfliːs̠] (often in compound terms)

Noun

fleece

1. Alternative spelling of fliisi

Usage notes

• As is the case with many loanwords, the inflection of this term is problematic. Kotus recommends "nalle" - category in writing, as shown above, but in speech the declension usually follows "risti" -category, see the declension table for fliisi.

Declension

Inflection of fleece (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		fleece	fleecet
genitive		fleecen	fleecejen
partitive		fleeceä	fleecejä
illative		fleeceen	fleeceihin
		singular	plural
nominative		fleece	fleecet
accusative	nom.	fleece	fleecet
	gen.	fleecen
genitive		fleecen	fleecejen fleecein rare
partitive		fleeceä	fleecejä
inessive		fleecessä	fleeceissä
elative		fleecestä	fleeceistä
illative		fleeceen	fleeceihin
adessive		fleecellä	fleeceillä
ablative		fleeceltä	fleeceiltä
allative		fleecelle	fleeceille
essive		fleecenä	fleeceinä
translative		fleeceksi	fleeceiksi
abessive		fleecettä	fleeceittä
instructive		—	fleecein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of fleece (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative fleeceni fleeceni accusative nom. fleeceni fleeceni gen. fleeceni genitive fleeceni fleecejeni fleeceini rare partitive fleeceäni fleecejäni inessive fleecessäni fleeceissäni elative fleecestäni fleeceistäni illative fleeceeni fleeceihini adessive fleecelläni fleeceilläni ablative fleeceltäni fleeceiltäni allative fleecelleni fleeceilleni essive fleecenäni fleeceinäni translative fleecekseni fleeceikseni abessive fleecettäni fleeceittäni instructive — — comitative — fleeceineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative fleecesi fleecesi accusative nom. fleecesi fleecesi gen. fleecesi genitive fleecesi fleecejesi fleeceisi rare partitive fleeceäsi fleecejäsi inessive fleecessäsi fleeceissäsi elative fleecestäsi fleeceistäsi illative fleeceesi fleeceihisi adessive fleecelläsi fleeceilläsi ablative fleeceltäsi fleeceiltäsi allative fleecellesi fleeceillesi essive fleecenäsi fleeceinäsi translative fleeceksesi fleeceiksesi abessive fleecettäsi fleeceittäsi instructive — — comitative — fleeceinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative fleecemme fleecemme accusative nom. fleecemme fleecemme gen. fleecemme genitive fleecemme fleecejemme fleeceimme rare partitive fleeceämme fleecejämme inessive fleecessämme fleeceissämme elative fleecestämme fleeceistämme illative fleeceemme fleeceihimme adessive fleecellämme fleeceillämme ablative fleeceltämme fleeceiltämme allative fleecellemme fleeceillemme essive fleecenämme fleeceinämme translative fleeceksemme fleeceiksemme abessive fleecettämme fleeceittämme instructive — — comitative — fleeceinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative fleecenne fleecenne accusative nom. fleecenne fleecenne gen. fleecenne genitive fleecenne fleecejenne fleeceinne rare partitive fleeceänne fleecejänne inessive fleecessänne fleeceissänne elative fleecestänne fleeceistänne illative fleeceenne fleeceihinne adessive fleecellänne fleeceillänne ablative fleeceltänne fleeceiltänne allative fleecellenne fleeceillenne essive fleecenänne fleeceinänne translative fleeceksenne fleeceiksenne abessive fleecettänne fleeceittänne instructive — — comitative — fleeceinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative fleecensä fleecensä accusative nom. fleecensä fleecensä gen. fleecensä genitive fleecensä fleecejensä fleeceinsä rare partitive fleeceään fleeceänsä fleecejään fleecejänsä inessive fleecessään fleecessänsä fleeceissään fleeceissänsä elative fleecestään fleecestänsä fleeceistään fleeceistänsä illative fleeceensä fleeceihinsä adessive fleecellään fleecellänsä fleeceillään fleeceillänsä ablative fleeceltään fleeceltänsä fleeceiltään fleeceiltänsä allative fleecelleen fleecellensä fleeceilleen fleeceillensä essive fleecenään fleecenänsä fleeceinään fleeceinänsä translative fleecekseen fleeceksensä fleeceikseen fleeceiksensä abessive fleecettään fleecettänsä fleeceittään fleeceittänsä instructive — — comitative — fleeceineen fleeceinensä