"percale" meaning in All languages combined

See percale on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /pəˈkeɪl/ [UK], /pəˈkɑːl/ [UK] Forms: percales [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From French percale, of uncertain origin; probably compare percaulah. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|percale}} French percale Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} percale (countable and uncountable, plural percales)
  1. (textiles) A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing. Wikipedia link: percale Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Textiles Translations (textile): хасе (hase) [neuter] (Bulgarian), percala [feminine] (Catalan), Perkal [masculine] (German), pèkal (Haitian Creole), percalle [masculine] (Italian), پركال (perkal) (Ottoman Turkish), perkal [masculine] (Polish), percal [neuter] (Romanian), перка́ль (perkálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), percal [masculine] (Spanish), perkal [common-gender] (Swedish), perkal (Tagalog), perkal (Turkish), перка́ль (perkálʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-percale-en-noun-KqM8Qk6v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles

Noun [French]

IPA: /pɛʁ.kal/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-percale.wav
Etymology: From Persian پرگاله (pargâle, “a patch, a percale”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fa|پرگاله|t=a patch, a percale|tr=pargâle}} Persian پرگاله (pargâle, “a patch, a percale”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|-}} percale f (uncountable)
  1. percale Tags: feminine, uncountable Categories (topical): Textiles
    Sense id: en-percale-fr-noun-59Ozb~PP Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for percale meaning in All languages combined (4.7kB)

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