"pellicule" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛlɪkjuːl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pellicule.wav Forms: pellicules [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pellicula (“small skin or hide”), from Latin pellis (“a skin”) + Latin -cula. Cognate with French pellicule, Spanish película. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pel- (skin)}}, {{der|en|la|pellicula||small skin or hide}} Latin pellicula (“small skin or hide”), {{suffix|en|la:pellis|la:cula|nocat=1|t1=a skin}} Latin pellis (“a skin”) + Latin -cula, {{cog|fr|pellicule}} French pellicule, {{cog|es|película}} Spanish película Head templates: {{en-noun}} pellicule (plural pellicules)
  1. A thin diaphanous fabric.
    Sense id: en-pellicule-en-noun-8xo1175k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Fabrics Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 9 9 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 9 9 34 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 94 6
  2. The skin of an onion or other plant.
    Sense id: en-pellicule-en-noun-3xhji1Ey

Inflected forms

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