"taffeta" meaning in English

See taffeta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtæ.fɪ.tə/, /ˈtæ.fə.tə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-taffeta.wav Forms: taffetas [plural]
Etymology: From Late Middle English, from Old French taffetas, from Medieval Latin taffata, from Classical Persian تافته (tāfta), from تافتن (tāftan). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|taffetas}} Old French taffetas, {{der|en|ML.|taffata}} Medieval Latin taffata, {{der|en|fa-cls|تافته|tr=tāfta}} Classical Persian تافته (tāfta) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} taffeta (countable and uncountable, plural taffetas)
  1. A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers. Wikipedia link: taffeta Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics Synonyms: taffata [obsolete], taffaty [obsolete], taffety [dated] Derived forms: taffeta glass, tuft-taffeta Translations (woven fabric): тафта (tafta) (Belarusian), taftas (Breton), тафта (tafta) (Bulgarian), tafetà [masculine] (Catalan), 塔夫綢 (Chinese Mandarin), 塔夫绸 (tǎfūchóu) (Chinese Mandarin), taft (Czech), taft [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), taf [masculine, neuter] (Dutch), tafto (Esperanto), taft (Estonian), tafti (Finnish), taffetas [masculine] (French), Taft [masculine] (German), taft (Hungarian), taft [neuter] (Icelandic), tafto (Ido), taf (Indonesian), tafeta (Indonesian), taftah (Indonesian), taffetà [masculine] (Italian), タフタ (tafuta) (Japanese), ឡាញ់ (lañ) (Khmer), 태피터 (taepiteo) (Korean), 호박단 (hobakdan) (Korean), tafta (Lithuanian), tefte (Northern Kurdish), taft [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), taft [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تافته (tâfte) (Persian), Zaunft [masculine] (Plautdietsch), tafta [feminine] (Polish), tafetá [masculine] (Portuguese), tafta (Romanian), тафта (tafta) (Russian), taft (Slovak), tafetán [masculine] (Spanish), tafeta [feminine] (Spanish), taft [common-gender] (Swedish), tapetan (Tagalog), tafta (Turkish), vải mỏng (Vietnamese)

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        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "en:Fabrics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1634 (first performance), William D’avenant [i.e., William Davenant], The Wits: A Comedie; […], published 1636; republished in Two Excellent Plays: […], London: […] G. Bedel, and T[homas] Collins, […], 1665, →OCLC, Act I, page 1:",
          "text": "Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 June 30, Ruth La Ferla, “In ‘The Beguiled,’ Pretty Confections Whipped Up to Seduce”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "For a festive dinner, the belles pull out the stops. “Pull it tighter,” one urges as her corset is laced. Having unearthed their taffeta gowns from deep storage, they show off pinched waists, bare arms, throats and shoulders.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crisp",
          "crisp#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "smooth",
          "smooth#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "woven",
          "woven#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "fabric",
          "fabric"
        ],
        [
          "made",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "silk",
          "silk#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "synthetic",
          "synthetic#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "fiber",
          "fiber"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "taffeta"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtæ.fɪ.tə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtæ.fə.tə/"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "taffata"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "taffaty"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "taffety"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "tafta",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "тафта"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "taftas"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tafta",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "тафта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tafetà"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "塔夫綢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tǎfūchóu",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "塔夫绸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "taft"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "taft"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "taf"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "tafto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "taft"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "tafti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taffetas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Taft"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "taft"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "taft"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "tafto"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "taf"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "tafeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "taftah"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taffetà"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tafuta",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "タフタ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "lañ",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "ឡាញ់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "taepiteo",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "태피터"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hobakdan",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "호박단"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "tefte"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "tafta"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "taft"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "taft"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tâfte",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "تافته"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zaunft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tafta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tafetá"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "tafta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tafta",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "тафта"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "taft"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tafetán"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tafeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "taft"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "tapetan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "tafta"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "woven fabric",
      "word": "vải mỏng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taffeta"
}

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