gingham

English

a gingham tea towel/dishcloth

Etymology

From Malay genggang (“ajar; apart”), or a corruption of French Guingamp, the name of a town in Brittany, France where this cloth may have been made. See gingham on WikipediaWikipedia for more.

Noun

gingham (countable and uncountable, plural ginghams)

1. A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks

Translations

a cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 格子棉布 (gaak³ zi² min⁴ bou³)

  Mandarin: 格子棉布 (zh) (gézi miánbù)

• French: vichy (fr) m
• Georgian: კუბოკრული ქსოვილი (ḳuboḳruli ksovili)
• German: Gingan m
• Hiligaynon: ginggon
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: guingeám m, guingeán m
• Japanese: ギンガム (gingamu)
• Malagasy: gingana (mg)
• Malay: genggang, gingam
• Spanish: guinga

See also

• seersucker

Further reading

• gingham on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:gingham on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons