"seersucker" meaning in All languages combined

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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: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
  2. (countable) An article made from such fabric. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-seersucker-en-noun-jJERgW09 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gingham 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)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 49 51

Inflected forms

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