"flannel" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈflænəl/ Audio: En-au-flannel.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ænəl Etymology: From Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wlānos, *wlanā (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. More at wool. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂welh₁-|id=wool}}, {{der|en|enm|flaunneol}} Middle English flaunneol, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{m|fro|flanelle}} flanelle, {{cog|nrf|flianné}} Norman flianné, {{der|en|fro|flaine}} Old French flaine, {{m|fro|floene||coarse wool}} floene (“coarse wool”), {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{der|en|cel-pro|*wlānos}} Proto-Celtic *wlānos, {{m|cel-pro|*wlanā||wool}} *wlanā (“wool”), {{cog|cy|gwlân}} Welsh gwlân, {{cog|br|gloan}} Breton gloan, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, {{doublet|en|wool|notext=1}} wool Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} flannel (not comparable)
  1. Made of flannel. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Fabrics Translations (made of flannel): фланелен (flanelen) (Bulgarian), flanellen (Dutch), flanellinen (Finnish), flanel (Hungarian), фла́нелен (flánelen) (Macedonian), flanelowy (Polish), флане́левый (flanɛ́levyj) (Russian), flannen (Scots), flanainn (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-flannel-en-adj-i6khdOTD Disambiguation of Fabrics: 26 18 12 9 12 4 3 12 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 21 18 6 11 1 1 8 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 16 27 7 9 2 1 14 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flannen [dialectal], flanan, flanning, flanen [Scotland]

Noun

IPA: /ˈflænəl/ Audio: En-au-flannel.ogg [Australia] Forms: flannels [plural]
Rhymes: -ænəl Etymology: From Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wlānos, *wlanā (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. More at wool. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂welh₁-|id=wool}}, {{der|en|enm|flaunneol}} Middle English flaunneol, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{m|fro|flanelle}} flanelle, {{cog|nrf|flianné}} Norman flianné, {{der|en|fro|flaine}} Old French flaine, {{m|fro|floene||coarse wool}} floene (“coarse wool”), {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{der|en|cel-pro|*wlānos}} Proto-Celtic *wlānos, {{m|cel-pro|*wlanā||wool}} *wlanā (“wool”), {{cog|cy|gwlân}} Welsh gwlân, {{cog|br|gloan}} Breton gloan, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, {{doublet|en|wool|notext=1}} wool Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flannel (countable and uncountable, plural flannels)
  1. (uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers. Tags: uncountable Translations (soft cloth material): флане́ла (flanéla) [feminine] (Bulgarian), franel·la [feminine] (Catalan), فانیلھ (fanîlh) (Central Kurdish), 絨布 (Chinese Mandarin), 绒布 (róngbù) (Chinese Mandarin), 法蘭絨 (Chinese Mandarin), 法兰绒 (fǎlánróng) (Chinese Mandarin), flanel [masculine] (Czech), flannel (english: wool) (Danish), flonel (english: cotton) (Danish), flanel [neuter] (Dutch), flanelli (Finnish), flanelle [feminine] (French), fanila (Gagauz), flanela [feminine] (Galician), Flanell [masculine] (German), flanel (Hungarian), flaneli (Ingrian), flainín [masculine] (Irish), flanella [feminine] (Italian), フランネル (furanneru) (Japanese), ネル (neru) (Japanese), フラノ (furano) (Japanese), 플란넬 (peullannel) (Korean), фла́нел (flánel) [masculine] (Macedonian), paranene (Maori), flianné [masculine] (Norman), flanela [feminine] (Polish), flanela (Portuguese), флане́ль (flanɛ́lʹ) [feminine] (Russian), flannen (Scots), flanainn [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), franela [feminine] (Spanish), flanell [common-gender] (Swedish), pranela (Tagalog), fanèla [feminine] (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-flannel-en-noun-5z9fJVa9 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 16 27 7 9 2 1 14 3 Disambiguation of 'soft cloth material': 97 3 0 0
  2. (New Zealand, British, countable) A washcloth. Tags: British, New-Zealand, countable
    Sense id: en-flannel-en-noun-CAYGq~Ue Categories (other): British English, New Zealand English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 16 27 7 9 2 1 14 3
  3. (US, countable) A flannel shirt. Tags: US, countable Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-flannel-en-noun-0oNw5Dhf Disambiguation of Clothing: 1 3 7 61 0 0 0 26 0 Categories (other): American English
  4. (slang, uncountable) Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap. Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-flannel-en-noun-Daz8HTx4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flannen [dialectal], flanan, flanning, flanen [Scotland]

Verb

IPA: /ˈflænəl/ Audio: En-au-flannel.ogg [Australia] Forms: flannels [present, singular, third-person], flanneling [participle, present], flannelling [participle, present], flanneled [participle, past], flanneled [past], flannelled [participle, past], flannelled [past]
Rhymes: -ænəl Etymology: From Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wlānos, *wlanā (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. More at wool. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂welh₁-|id=wool}}, {{der|en|enm|flaunneol}} Middle English flaunneol, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{m|fro|flanelle}} flanelle, {{cog|nrf|flianné}} Norman flianné, {{der|en|fro|flaine}} Old French flaine, {{m|fro|floene||coarse wool}} floene (“coarse wool”), {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{der|en|cel-pro|*wlānos}} Proto-Celtic *wlānos, {{m|cel-pro|*wlanā||wool}} *wlanā (“wool”), {{cog|cy|gwlân}} Welsh gwlân, {{cog|br|gloan}} Breton gloan, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, {{doublet|en|wool|notext=1}} wool Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=flannelled|pres_ptc2=flannelling}} flannel (third-person singular simple present flannels, present participle flanneling or flannelling, simple past and past participle flanneled or flannelled)
  1. (transitive) To rub with a flannel. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-flannel-en-verb-I63oq-Bu
  2. (transitive) To wrap in flannel. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-flannel-en-verb-BHB3H7C9
  3. (transitive) To flatter; to suck up to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-flannel-en-verb-Fd9fUnZO Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 16 27 7 9 2 1 14 3
  4. (transitive, slang) To waffle or prevaricate. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-flannel-en-verb-E9Qen-b6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flannen [dialectal], flanan, flanning, flanen [Scotland]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "soft cloth material",
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          "sense": "soft cloth material",
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          "roman": "neru",
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          "roman": "furano",
          "sense": "soft cloth material",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "sense": "soft cloth material",
          "word": "플란넬"
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          "sense": "soft cloth material",
          "word": "فانیلھ"
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      "word": "face flannel"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannel cake"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannel dance"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannelette"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannel flower"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannellike"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannel moth"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannel mouth"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannelmouth"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannel-mouth"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannel-mouthed"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannel panel"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannelweed"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannen"
    },
    {
      "word": "flannie"
    },
    {
      "word": "flanno"
    },
    {
      "word": "outing flannel"
    },
    {
      "word": "unflannelled"
    },
    {
      "word": "Welsh flannel"
    }
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          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
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            "der": "1"
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          "expansion": "⇒ Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
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        {
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            "1": "法蘭絨"
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        }
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: flanelle\n→ Catalan: franel·la\n→ Dutch: flanel\nAfrikaans: flanel\n\n→ German: Flanell\n→ Danish: flonel\n\n→ Italian: flanella\n→ Luxembourgish: Flanell\n→ Portuguese: flanela\n→ Spanish: franela\n→ Tagalog: pranela\n→ Egyptian Arabic: فنلّة\n\n→ Swedish: flanell"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "tr": "furaneru"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: フランネル (furaneru)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: フランネル (furaneru)"
    }
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      "name": "root"
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        "1": "en",
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        "2": "flanelle"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrf",
        "2": "flianné"
      },
      "expansion": "Norman flianné",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "flaine"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cel-gau",
        "3": "-"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "gloan"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton gloan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂"
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "wool",
        "notext": "1"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "With the weather turning colder, it was time to dig out our flannel sheets and nightclothes.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, “How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world”, in The Daily Telegraph",
          "text": "First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt. Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat.",
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        }
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        "A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers."
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        [
          "cloth",
          "cloth"
        ],
        [
          "woven",
          "weave"
        ],
        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
        ],
        [
          "cotton",
          "cotton"
        ],
        [
          "synthetic",
          "synthetic"
        ],
        [
          "fibers",
          "fibers"
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        "(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers."
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      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "New Zealand English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A washcloth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "washcloth",
          "washcloth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Zealand, British, countable) A washcloth."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "New-Zealand",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A flannel shirt."
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      "links": [
        [
          "shirt",
          "shirt"
        ]
      ],
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        "(US, countable) A flannel shirt."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Don't talk flannel!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap."
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        [
          "untruth",
          "untruth"
        ],
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          "half-truth",
          "half-truth"
        ],
        [
          "claptrap",
          "claptrap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, uncountable) Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflænəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænəl"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
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    },
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      "word": "flanan"
    },
    {
      "word": "flanning"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
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  ],
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "flanéla",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "флане́ла"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "franel·la"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "絨布"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "róngbù",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "绒布"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "法蘭絨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎlánróng",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "法兰绒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flanel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "english": "wool",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "flannel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "english": "cotton",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "flonel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "flanel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "flanelli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flanelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gag",
      "lang": "Gagauz",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "fanila"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flanela"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flanell"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "flanel"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "flaneli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flainín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flanella"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "furanneru",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "フランネル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "neru",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "ネル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "furano",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "フラノ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "peullannel",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "플란넬"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "fanîlh",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "فانیلھ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "flánel",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фла́нел"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "paranene"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flianné"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flanela"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "flanela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "flanɛ́lʹ",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "флане́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "flannen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flanainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "franela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "flanell"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "word": "pranela"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "soft cloth material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fanèla"
    }
  ],
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    "flannel"
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}

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    "English nouns",
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    {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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      "expansion": "Old French flaine",
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    {
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    {
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    {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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    {
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      },
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    },
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        "dialectal"
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    {
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      "word": "flanen"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "flanelen",
      "sense": "made of flannel",
      "word": "фланелен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "made of flannel",
      "word": "flanellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "made of flannel",
      "word": "flanellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "made of flannel",
      "word": "flanel"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "flánelen",
      "sense": "made of flannel",
      "word": "фла́нелен"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "made of flannel",
      "word": "flanelowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "flanɛ́levyj",
      "sense": "made of flannel",
      "word": "флане́левый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "made of flannel",
      "word": "flannen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "made of flannel",
      "word": "flanainn"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "flannel"
  ],
  "word": "flannel"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Gaulish",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂welh₁- (wool)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ænəl",
    "Rhymes:English/ænəl/2 syllables",
    "en:Clothing",
    "en:Fabrics"
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "flaunneol"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English flaunneol",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "flanelle"
      },
      "expansion": "flanelle",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrf",
        "2": "flianné"
      },
      "expansion": "Norman flianné",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "flaine"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French flaine",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "floene",
        "3": "",
        "4": "coarse wool"
      },
      "expansion": "floene (“coarse wool”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cel-gau",
        "3": "-"
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "cel-pro",
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gwlân"
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      "expansion": "Welsh gwlân",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "gloan"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton gloan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wool",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "wool",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wlānos, *wlanā (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. More at wool.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flannels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flanneling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flannelling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flanneled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flanneled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flannelled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flannelled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "flannelled",
        "pres_ptc2": "flannelling"
      },
      "expansion": "flannel (third-person singular simple present flannels, present participle flanneling or flannelling, simple past and past participle flanneled or flannelled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "flan‧nel"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rub with a flannel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rub",
          "rub"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To rub with a flannel."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wrap in flannel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wrap",
          "wrap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To wrap in flannel."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To flatter; to suck up to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flatter",
          "flatter"
        ],
        [
          "suck up",
          "suck up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To flatter; to suck up to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, J. F. Langer, From the Spitfire Cockpit to the Cabinet Office",
          "text": "I got a little cross and asked him to stop flannelling and to tell me what was holding me back. Were my annual assessments below par? Was there something I had done – or not done?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To waffle or prevaricate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waffle",
          "waffle"
        ],
        [
          "prevaricate",
          "prevaricate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To waffle or prevaricate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflænəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-flannel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/En-au-flannel.ogg/En-au-flannel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/En-au-flannel.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "flannen"
    },
    {
      "word": "flanan"
    },
    {
      "word": "flanning"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "flanen"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "flannel"
  ],
  "word": "flannel"
}

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