"seersucker" meaning in All languages combined

See seersucker on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪɹˌsʌk.ɚ/ [General-American], /ˈsɪəˌsʌk.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: seersuckers [plural]
Etymology: From Hindi शीरशक्कर (śīrśakkar), from Persian شیر و شکر (šir o šekar, literally “milk and sugar”), modified by folk etymology, originally alluding to the smooth (“milk”) and rough (“sugar”) surface of the stripes. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|शीरशक्कर}} Hindi शीरशक्कर (śīrśakkar), {{der|en|fa|شیر و شکر|lit=milk and sugar|tr=šir o šekar}} Persian شیر و شکر (šir o šekar, literally “milk and sugar”), {{glossary|folk etymology}} folk etymology Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} seersucker (countable and uncountable, plural seersuckers)
  1. (textiles) A thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Textiles, Fabrics
    Sense id: en-seersucker-en-noun-3cF9MzmT Disambiguation of Fabrics: 50 50 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
  2. (countable) An article made from such fabric. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Fabrics Translations (Translations): крепон на ивици (krepon na ivici) (Bulgarian), gestreept cloqué (Dutch), bobbeltjesstof (Dutch), lainekreppi (Finnish), crépon [masculine] (French), sirsacas (French), cirsakas (French), cirsac (French), seersucker (French), Seersucker [masculine] (German), cnapéadach [masculine] (Irish), شیرشکری (širšakari) (Persian), anarruga [feminine] (Portuguese), sirsaca [feminine] (Portuguese), milrayas [masculine] (Spanish), mil rayas [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-seersucker-en-noun-jJERgW09 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gingham

Inflected forms

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