tweed

§English

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Tweed

§Etymology

• From Scots tweel, with confusion with the River Tweed.

§Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːd

§Noun

tweed (plural tweeds)

1. A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, Well Tackled!^[1]:

     “Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.”

§Translations

coarse woolen fabric

• Czech: tvíd m
• Esperanto: tvido
• Finnish: tweed (fi), tweedkangas
• French: tweed (fr) m
• Georgian: ტვიდი (ka) (tvidi)
• German: Tweed m
• Greek: τουίντ n (touínt)

• Irish: bréidín m
• Italian: tweed m
• Macedonian: твид m (tvid)
• Portuguese: tweed m
• Russian: твид (ru) m (tvid)
• Scottish Gaelic: clò m

§Anagrams

• dewet

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§Finnish

§Etymology

< English

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʋiːd/

§Noun

tweed

1. tweed (fabric)

§Declension

Inflection of tweed (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		tweed	tweedit
accusative	nom.?	tweed	tweedit
	gen.	tweedin
genitive		tweedin	tweedien
partitive		tweediä	tweedejä
inessive		tweedissä	tweedeissä
elative		tweedistä	tweedeistä
illative		tweediin	tweedeihin
adessive		tweedillä	tweedeillä
ablative		tweediltä	tweedeiltä
allative		tweedilleˣ	tweedeilleˣ
essive		tweedinä	tweedeinä
translative		tweediksi	tweedeiksi
instructive		—	tweedein
abessive		tweedittä	tweedeittä
comitative		—	tweedeineen

§Synonyms

• tweedkangas

§Derived terms

• tweedhame
• tweedkangas
• tweedkankainen
• tweedtakki

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§French

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twid/

§Noun

tweed m (uncountable)

1. tweed

§External links

• “tweed” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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§Portuguese

§Noun

tweed m (uncountable)

1. tweed (coarse woolen fabric)