upholstery

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpɐl.stɹi/

Noun

upholstery (countable and uncountable, plural upholsteries)

1. The craft or business of upholstering furniture.
2. The materials used in upholstering furniture.

Translations

craft or business of upholstering furniture

• Dutch: polsteren, bekleding (nl) f
• Finnish: verhoilu (fi)
• French: tapisserie (fr) f (d'ameublement)
• Galician: tapicería f
• German: Polsterung (de) f
• Irish: cumhdaitheoireacht f
• Italian: tappezzeria (it)
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• Macedonian: тапета́рија f pl (tapetárija)
• Polish: tapicerstwo n
• Romanian: capitonare (ro) f
• Russian: оби́вка (ru) f (obívka) (ме́бели)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhdachadh m
• Spanish: tapicería (es)
• Welsh: clustogwaith m

materials so used

• Dutch: polstering f, bekleding (nl) f
• Finnish: verhoilu (fi), verhoilutarvikkeet pl
• Hungarian: kárpit (hu)
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• Macedonian: тапета́рија f (tapetárija)
• Russian: оби́вочный материа́л m (obívočnyj materiál)