"paisley" meaning in All languages combined

See paisley on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpeɪzli/
Etymology: From Paisley in Scotland, where shawls of this kind were woven in the 1800s. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} paisley (not comparable)
  1. Made from this fabric, or marked with this design. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-paisley-en-adj-yHb40o5R Disambiguation of Fabrics: 47 19 34

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpeɪzli/ Forms: paisleys [plural]
Etymology: From Paisley in Scotland, where shawls of this kind were woven in the 1800s. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} paisley (countable and uncountable, plural paisleys)
  1. A motif of a swirling droplet. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-paisley-en-noun-cyZnS84j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 56 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 64 13
  2. A soft woollen fabric having this motif. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (fabric): kašmirkuvioinen kangas (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-paisley-en-noun-EV2pVudy Disambiguation of 'fabric': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boteh, Persian pickle, Welsh pear Translations (motif): buta (Azerbaijani), kašmirkuvio (Finnish), motif cachemire [masculine] (French), Paisley [neuter] (German), Paisleymuster [neuter] (German), keongan (Indonesian), ペーズリー (pēzurī) (Japanese), بته جقه (botte jeqqe) (Persian), سرو خمیده (sarv-e xamide) (Persian), paisley [masculine] (Polish), «туре́цкие огурцы́» (alt: «turéckije ogurcý») [masculine, plural] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'motif': 48 52

Inflected forms

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