satin

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

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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 of Chinese 刺桐 (MC t͡sʰiᴇH duŋ, “coral tree”) in 刺桐城 (MC t͡sʰiᴇH duŋ d͡ʑiᴇŋ, “coral tree town”), an old name for Quanzhou.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsætɪn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ætɪn

Noun[edit]

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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).

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Adjective[edit]

satin (not comparable)

  1. Semigloss.
    satin paint

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Verb[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^
    2020 January 20 (last accessed) “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 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[edit]

  • satin at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English satin, from Old French satin, from Italian setino, probably via unattested Late Latin sētīnus (silken [cloth]), from Latin sētā.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: sa‧tin

Noun[edit]

satin

  1. satin

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic زَيْتُون(zaytūn, Zayton; olive).[1][2][3]

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Noun[edit]

satin m (plural satins)

  1. satin

References[edit]

  1. ^
    2020 January 20 (last accessed) “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], 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.

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Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

satin m (invariable)

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

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Contraction of satisne.

Adverb[edit]

satin (not comparable)

  1. introducing questions
    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?

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French satin.

Noun[edit]

satin n (uncountable)

  1. satin

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Swedish[edit]

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Noun[edit]

satin c or n

  1. satin

Declension[edit]

Declension of satin 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative satin satinen satiner satinerna
Genitive satins satinens satiners satinernas
Declension of satin 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative satin satinet satiner satinerna
Genitive satins satinets satiners satinernas

References[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish satín.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: sa‧tin
  • IPA(key): /saˈtin/, [sɐˈtin]

Noun[edit]

satín

  1. satin

Adjective[edit]

satín

  1. made of satin

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