"vellum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛləm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vellum.wav Forms: vellums [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛləm Etymology: From Old French velin (French vélin), from Latin vitulinus (“of a calf”), as if derived from Old French veel (“veal”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|velin}} Old French velin, {{cog|fr|vélin}} French vélin, {{der|en|la|vitulinus|t=of a calf}} Latin vitulinus (“of a calf”), {{cog|fro|veel|t=veal}} Old French veel (“veal”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vellum (countable and uncountable, plural vellums)
  1. A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hides Translations (type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf): перга́мент (pergáment) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 上等犊皮纸 (Chinese Mandarin), veleno (Esperanto), pergamentti (Finnish), veliini (Finnish), vélin [masculine] (French), პერგამენტი (ṗergamenṭi) (Georgian), ცვილულა (cvilula) (Georgian), vitellino (Interlingua), párpháipéar [masculine] (Irish), pergamena [feminine] (Italian), cartapecora [feminine] (Italian), membrana [feminine] (Italian), vello [masculine] (Italian), 上質皮紙 (jōshitsuhishi) (Japanese), ベラム (beramu) (Japanese), welin [masculine] (Polish), velino [masculine] (Portuguese), перга́мент (pergáment) (Russian), веле́нь (velénʹ) [masculine] (Russian), vitela (Spanish), tirşe (Turkish), tirşe taklidi kağıt (Turkish), pigmin (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-vellum-en-noun-rQiyFgBj Disambiguation of Hides: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf': 97 3
  2. A writing paper of very high quality. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hides Translations (writing paper of very high quality): silopaperi (Finnish), vélin [masculine] (French), Pergement [neuter] (German), Velin [neuter] (German), párpháipéar [masculine] (Irish), ベラム紙 (beramushi) (Japanese), ベラム (beramu) (Japanese), welin [masculine] (Polish), veläng [neuter] (Swedish), parşömen (Turkish), parşömen kağıdı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-vellum-en-noun-rHIHxlWi Disambiguation of Hides: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 2 19 2 17 17 3 3 17 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 18 1 19 19 2 1 19 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 18 1 19 19 1 1 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'writing paper of very high quality': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vellum cloth, vellum paper Related terms: bookfell, parchment

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Latin vitulinus (“of a calf”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "veel",
        "t": "veal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French veel (“veal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French velin (French vélin), from Latin vitulinus (“of a calf”), as if derived from Old French veel (“veal”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vellums",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "vellum (countable and uncountable, plural vellums)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bookfell"
    },
    {
      "word": "parchment"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 113–114:",
          "text": "Little, however, of the wall was seen, for it was nearly hidden by the arched book-cases; and the ponderous tomes, mostly bound in black or white vellum, long since grown dingy with age, contrasted forcibly with the gayer ornaments of their habitation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, P. B. M. Allan, chapter VIII, in The Book-Hunter at Home, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 203:",
          "text": "From this list are purposely omitted books printed upon vellum, Books of Hours of the Virgin Mary, and illuminated books; for these are rarities within reach of the wealthy only.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parchment",
          "parchment"
        ],
        [
          "paper",
          "paper"
        ],
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ],
        [
          "lamb",
          "lamb"
        ],
        [
          "calf",
          "calf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A writing paper of very high quality."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛləm/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛləm"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pergáment",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перга́мент"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "上等犊皮纸"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "veleno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "pergamentti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "veliini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vélin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗergamenṭi",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "პერგამენტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cvilula",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "ცვილულა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "vitellino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "párpháipéar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pergamena"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cartapecora"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "membrana"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vello"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōshitsuhishi",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "上質皮紙"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "beramu",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "ベラム"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "welin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "velino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pergáment",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "перга́мент"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "velénʹ",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "веле́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "vitela"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "tirşe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "tirşe taklidi kağıt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf",
      "word": "pigmin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "writing paper of very high quality",
      "word": "silopaperi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "writing paper of very high quality",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vélin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "writing paper of very high quality",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pergement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "writing paper of very high quality",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Velin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "writing paper of very high quality",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "párpháipéar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "beramushi",
      "sense": "writing paper of very high quality",
      "word": "ベラム紙"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "beramu",
      "sense": "writing paper of very high quality",
      "word": "ベラム"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "writing paper of very high quality",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "welin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "writing paper of very high quality",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veläng"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "writing paper of very high quality",
      "word": "parşömen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "writing paper of very high quality",
      "word": "parşömen kağıdı"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "vellum"
  ],
  "word": "vellum"
}

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