tafeta

See also: tafetá

Indonesian

Etymology

From Portuguese tafetá, from Old French taffetas, from Medieval Latin taffata, from Classical Persian تافته (tāfta), تافتن (tāftan).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /taˈfɛta/ [t̪aˈfɛ.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: ta‧fe‧ta

Noun

tafèta (plural tafeta-tafeta, first-person possessive tafetaku, second-person possessive tafetamu, third-person possessive tafetanya)

1. taffeta: A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers.

Alternative forms

• taf (from Dutch taf)
• taftah (from Persian تافته (tâfte))

Further reading

• “tafeta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈfeta/ [t̪aˈfe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ta‧fe‧ta

Noun

tafeta f (plural tafetas)

1. Alternative form of tafetán

Further reading

• “tafeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28