"tulle" meaning in English

See tulle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tjuːl/ [UK], /tuːl/ [UK], /tʊl/ [UK], /tuːl/ [US] Forms: tulles [plural]
Rhymes: -uːl, -ʊl Etymology: Borrowed from French tulle. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|tulle}} French tulle Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tulle (countable and uncountable, plural tulles)
  1. A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics Translations (kind of silk lace): цюль (cjulʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), тюл (tjul) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tyl [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), tule [feminine] (Dutch), tulo (Esperanto), tylli (Finnish), tulle [feminine] (French), Tüll [masculine] (German), tjull [neuter] (Icelandic), チュール (chūru) (Japanese), tiul [masculine] (Polish), тюль (tjulʹ) [masculine] (Russian), tul [masculine] (Spanish), tyll [common-gender, neuter] (Swedish), тюль (tjulʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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