macramé

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See also: macrame and macramè

English

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The emblem of Tiberias, Israel made from macramé.
Macramé bracelets from Tobatí, Paraguay.

Etymology

1865, borrowed from French macramé, from Italian macramè, from Turkish makreme, from Arabic مِقْرَمَة (miqrama, ornamental fringe, embroidered veil), from مِقْرَم (miqram, bedspread),[1] from قَرَمَ (qarama, to gnaw), from Proto-Semitic *q-r-m.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

macramé (countable and uncountable, plural macramés)

  1. A form of decorative textile made by knotting and weaving.

Translations

Verb

macramé (third-person singular simple present macramés, present participle macraméing, simple past and past participle macraméed or macraméd)

  1. To create textiles using the macramé technique.

References

  1. ^ "macramé." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.
  2. ^ macramé”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

French

Etymology

From Italian macramè, from Turkish makreme, from Arabic مِقْرَمَة (miqrama, ornamental fringe, embroidered veil), from مِقْرَم (miqram, bedspread), from قَرَمَ (qarama, to gnaw), from Proto-Semitic *q-r-m.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.kʁa.me/
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Noun

macramé m (plural macramés)

  1. macramé

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French macramé.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /makɾaˈme/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: ma‧cra‧mé

Noun

macramé m (plural macramés)

  1. macramé

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