tricot

English

Etymology

From French tricot, from tricoter (“to knit”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪkoʊ/, /ˈtɹiːkoʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹikoʊ/, /ˈtɹaɪkət/

Noun

tricot (countable and uncountable, plural tricots)

1. A soft knit fabric.

Translations

soft knit fabric

• Belarusian: трыко́ n (trykó)
• Bulgarian: трико́ n (trikó)
• Finnish: trikoo (fi)
• French: tricot (fr) m
• German: Trikot (de) m
• Hungarian: trikó (hu)
• Japanese: トリコット (ja) (torikotto)
• Kazakh: трико (triko)
• Korean: 트리콧 (teurikot)
• Persian: تریکو (fa) (teriko), کش‌باف (keš-bâf)
• Polish: trykot (pl) m
• Russian: трико́ (ru) n (trikó)
• Swedish: trikå (sv) c
• Ukrainian: трико́ n (trykó)

French

Etymology

From tricoter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.ko/

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Noun

tricot m (plural tricots)

1. knitting
2. sweater, jumper

   Synonym: chandail

3. sea krait (snake)

Derived terms

• tricot de corps
• tricot rond

Descendants

• → Catalan: tricot
• → Czech: triko
• → English: tricot
• → German: Trikot
• → Greek: τρίκο (tríko)
• → Italian: tricot
• → Ottoman Turkish: تریقو (triko)
  • → Turkish: triko
• → Polish: trykot
• → Portuguese: tricô
• → Romanian: tricot
• → Spanish: tricot

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French tricot.

Noun

tricot m (invariable)

1. tricot

Anagrams

• critto, critto-, crittò

Romanian

Alternative forms

• трикот (tricot) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French tricot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /triˈkot/
• Rhymes: -ot
• Hyphenation: tri‧cot

Noun

tricot n (plural tricoturi)

1. knitting; an object made by knitting

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tricot	tricotul	tricoturi	tricoturile
genitive-dative	tricot	tricotului	tricoturi	tricoturilor
vocative	tricotule		tricoturilor

Further reading

• “tricot”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *streyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *strīkaną

Proto-West Germanic *strīkan

Old Dutch *strīcan

Middle Dutch strîkender.

Old French estrique

Old French trique

Old French tricoter

Middle French tricoter

French tricoter

French tricotbor.

Spanish tricot

Borrowed from French tricot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾiˈko/ [t̪ɾiˈko]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: tri‧cot

Noun

tricot m (plural tricots)

1. tricot

Further reading

• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “tricot”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA