strass

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See also: Strass and Straß

English

Rhinestones on a tiara.

Etymology

Borrowed from French strass, after its inventor, the 18th-century Alsatian jeweler Georg Friedrich Strass.

Pronunciation

Noun

strass (countable and uncountable, plural strasses)

  1. A rhinestone, brilliant glass used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium.

Further reading

French

Etymology

After its inventor, the 18th-century Alsatian jeweler Georg Friedrich Strass.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stʁas/
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Noun

strass m (plural strass)

  1. paste, rhinestone (lead crystal used as gemstone)
    • 1983, “Baby Alone in Babylone”, in Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics), Baby Alone in Babylone, performed by Jane Birkin:
      Noyée sous les flots de musiques electriques / De rock’n’roll tu recherches un rôle / Tu recherches les studios, et les traces de Monroe / Les strass et le stress / Dieux et déesses de Los Angeles
      Drowned beneath the waves of electric music / of Rock'n'Roll, you're looking for a role / You look for the studios and the traces of Monroe / The rhinestones and the stress / Gods and goddesses of Los Angeles

Descendants

  • → English: strass

Further reading

Italian

Noun

strass m (invariable)

  1. paste (lead crystal used as gemstone)

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

strass m

  1. rag

Related terms

Portuguese

Noun

strass m (uncountable)

  1. paste (glass containing lead, used to imitate diamonds)

Swedish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French strass.

Pronunciation

Noun

strass c

  1. rhinestone, strass

Declension

Declension of strass 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative strass strassen — —
Genitive strass strassens — —

References

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