bombazine
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English
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Etymology
From Middle French bombasin, from Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bombazine (countable and uncountable, plural bombazines)
- A twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 144:
- I watched the animated widows in their bombazine dresses, capping each other's memories.
French
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle French bombasin (m), in the feminine form; Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bombazine f (plural bombazines)
- bombazine
- 2012, Anne Perry, translated by Florence Bertrand, Dorchester Terrace:
- Peut-être portait-elle des bottines à talon plus haut sous le volant de sa jupe en bombazine.
Portuguese
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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bambagino.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bom‧ba‧zi‧ne
Noun
bombazine f (plural bombazines)
References
- ^ “bombazina”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “bombazine”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024