textile

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven”), from texō (“weave”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈtɛks.taɪl/
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Noun

textile (plural textiles)

  1. (usually in the plural) Any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles.
  2. (naturism) A non-nudist.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “naturism”): naturist

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

textile (comparative more textile, superlative most textile)

  1. (naturism) Clothing compulsive.
    a textile beach

Antonyms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin textile.

Pronunciation

Adjective

textile (plural textiles)

  1. able to be made into textiles; fibrous
  2. (relational) textile
    • 1974, Jean Pierre Fruit, Vexin normand ou Vexin parisien?: Contribution à l'étude géographique de l'espace rural, Presse Universitaires de France, page 158:
      Les produits viennent surtout naturellement des grandes régions de l’industrie textile : Mulhouse pour les tissus de coton et la mercerie, le Nord pour les lainages, Troyes pour la bonneterie.
      The products mainly come naturally from the great regions of the textile industry: Mulhouse for cotton fabrics and mercerie, the North for woollens, Troyes for hosiery.

Noun

textile m (plural textiles)

  1. textile, fabric
  2. (naturism) textile, non-nudist

Descendants

  • → Turkish: tekstil

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From textilis (“woven”).

Pronunciation

Noun

textile n (genitive textilis); third declension

  1. fabric, textile, canvas, piece of cloth

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative textile textilia
Genitive textilis textilium
Dative textilī textilibus
Accusative textile textilia
Ablative textilī textilibus
Vocative textile textilia

Related terms

Descendants

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Adjective

textile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of textilis
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