xiné
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chiné, past participle of chiner (“to produce fabric in this manner”), from Chine (“China”) as the source of this technique.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
xiné m (plural xinés)
- a patterned textile which has the pattern produced by dying the warp threads with the pattern prior to weaving, thereby blurring the image randomly when woven
Further reading edit
- “xiné” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “xiné”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “xiné” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “xiné” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.