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satin

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See also: Satin, satın, sätin, satin', and sat in

English

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Etymology

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From French satin, which is derived from "Zaitun", the Arabic name for the Chinese city of Quanzhou, itself derived from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”), [1][2][3] from phono-semantic matching from Chinese 刺桐 (MC tshjeH duwng, “coral tree”) in 刺桐城 (MC tshjeH duwng dzyeng, “coral tree town”), an old name for Quanzhou.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsæt.ɪn/, [ˈsæt.n̩], [ˈsæʔ.n̩]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ætɪn

Noun

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satin (countable and uncountable, plural satins)

  1. A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
  2. (slang, obsolete) Gin (the drink).
    • 2014, Richard Gordon, The Private Life of Jack the Ripper, page 13:
      'This poor gal was robbed, barely left a stitch, that and the drink... mind, I likes a drop of satin – wot you'd call gin – myself. I'll say nothing against it. She ended thrown out of an upstairs winder.'

Derived terms

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Translations

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Adjective

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satin (not comparable)

  1. Semigloss.
    satin paint

Translations

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Verb

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satin (third-person singular simple present satins, present participle satining, simple past and past participle satined)

  1. (transitive) To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin.

References

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  1. ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 20 January 2020 (last accessed), archived from the original on 1 January 2022
  2. ^ https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9S0525
  3. ^ Tellier, Luc-Normand (2009), Urban World History: An Economic and Geographical Perspective, Quebec: University of Quebec Press, p. 221, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2015-09-24, retrieved 2015-12-16.
  • (gin): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

Further reading

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  • “satin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English satin, from French satin.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sa‧tin

Noun

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satin

  1. satin

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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satin m (plural satins)

  1. satin

Descendants

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  • → Serbo-Croatian: saten
  • → Turkish: saten

References

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  1. ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[2] (in French), 20 January 2020 (last accessed), archived from the original on 1 January 2022
  2. ^ https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9S0525
  3. ^ Tellier, Luc-Normand (2009), Urban World History: An Economic and Geographical Perspective, Quebec: University of Quebec Press, p. 221, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2015-09-24, retrieved 2015-12-16.

Further reading

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch satijn, from Middle Dutch satijn, from Middle French satin, ultimately from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn) (perhaps via Old Spanish), the Arabic name for the Chinese city of Quanzhou.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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satin (plural satin-satin)

  1. (fashion) satin

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Italian

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Noun

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satin m (invariable)

  1. satin
    Synonyms: raso, setino, zetani, (obsolete) zettani

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Contraction of satisne.

Adverb

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satin (not comparable)

  1. introducing questions — satis with the enclitic interrogative -ne: enough, truly, really
    Satin hoc plane? ― Is this beyond all doubt?
    Satin omnia ex sententia? ― Is everything going according to plan?
    Satin salva sunt omnia? ― Is everything sound?
    • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 747–749:
      DĀVUS: Quae est haec fābula? / Eho Mȳsīs, puer hic unde est? Quisve hūc attulit? / MȲSĪS: Satin sānus es, quī mē id rogitēs?
      (translating idiomatically)
      DAVUS (who previously gave Mysis the baby to place on the doorstep, now feigns surprise): What’s the story here? Hey Mysis, where’d this baby come from? Who brought him here?
      MYSIS: Are you in your right mind, asking me that [question]?

References

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  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • are you in your right mind: satin (= satisne) sanus es?

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French satin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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satin n (uncountable)

  1. satin

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative satin satinul
genitive-dative satin satinului
vocative satinule

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Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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satin c or n

  1. satin

Declension

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Declension of satin
nominative genitive
singular indefinite satin satins
definite satinen satinens
plural indefinite satiner satiners
definite satinerna satinernas
Declension of satin
nominative genitive
singular indefinite satin satins
definite satinet satinets
plural indefinite satiner satiners
definite satinerna satinernas

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish satén, from French satin, from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”). Doublet of aseytuna and aseytuno.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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satín (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. satin
    Synonym: raso
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Adjective

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satín (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. made of satin

Etymology 2

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See sa'tin.

Pronunciation

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Contraction

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satin (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. alternative spelling of sa'tin

Further reading

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Anagrams

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