"chintz" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃɪnts/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chintz.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chintzes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪnts Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|hi:छींट|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Hindi", "term" : "छींट", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "hi" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "chintz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="chintz"> Borrowed from Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ). Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chintz (countable and uncountable, plural chintzes)
  1. A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: chintzified, chintzware, chintzy Translations (fabric): شِينْتْز (šīntz) [masculine] (Arabic), չիթ (čʻitʻ) (Armenian), 印花棉布 (yìnhuā miánbù) (Chinese Mandarin), chintz [common-gender] (Danish), sits (Dutch), sits (Estonian), kins [neuter] (Faroese), sintsi (Finnish), chintz [masculine] (French), Chintz [masculine] (German), छींट (chī̃ṭ) (Hindi), sirs [neuter] (Icelandic), sitsa (Ingrian), chintz [masculine] (Italian), шыт (šıt) (Kazakh), چیت (çit) (Ottoman Turkish), chita [feminine] (Portuguese), чинц (činc) [masculine] (Russian), си́тец (sítec) [masculine] (Russian), ци̏ц [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cȉc [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), chintz [masculine] (Spanish)

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      ],
      "word": "chintz"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "šıt",
      "sense": "fabric",
      "word": "шыт"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "fabric",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "činc",
      "sense": "fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чинц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "sítec",
      "sense": "fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "си́тец"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "fabric",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ци̏ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "fabric",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cȉc"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chintz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "çit",
      "sense": "fabric",
      "word": "چیت"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chintz"
}

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