ビロード

Japanese

Alternative spellings
天鵞絨 (rare, archaic) びろうど (rare)

ビロード: a velvet chasuble, showing the sheen of the material.

Etymology

From Portuguese veludo (“velvet”). The term was borrowed when Portuguese traders and missionaries first introduced velvet to Japan in the 1500s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ビロード [bìróódó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bʲiɾo̞ːdo̞]

Noun

ビロード • (birōdo) 

1. velvet

Usage notes

Both Portuguese-derived ビロード (birōdo) and English-derived ベルベット (berubetto) appear to be in common use in modern Japanese. ベルベット seems to be somewhat more common.

The term ベルベット might also be used more often to refer to velvet made from silk.

Synonyms

• ベルベット (berubetto)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ビロード苺(いちご) (birōdo ichigo): the velvet strawberry (actually a cousin of the blackberry): Rubus corchorifolius
• ビロード金黒(きんくろ) (birōdo kinkuro): a type of duck: the velvet scoter, velvet duck, or whitewing: Melanitta fusca
• ビロード羊歯(しだ) (birōdo shida): the velvet fern: Pyrrosia linearifolia
• ビロード友禅(ゆうぜん) (birōdo yūzen): velvet yūzen (a dyeing technique)
• ビロード蘭(らん) (birōdo ran): the velvet orchid: Goodyera velutina