pékin

See also: Pékin, Pekin, and Pekín

French

Etymology

From Pékin (“Beijing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.kɛ̃/

Noun

pékin m (uncountable)

1. (textiles) Pekin (type of patterned silk)

Further reading

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