bombazine

English

Alternative forms

• bombasine, bombazin, bombasin

Etymology

From Middle French bombasin, from Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒmbəziːn/, /ˈbʌmbəziːn/

Noun

bombazine (countable and uncountable, plural bombazines)

1. A twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 144:

     I watched the animated widows in their bombazine dresses, capping each other's memories.

French

Alternative forms

• bombasine

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bombasin (m), in the feminine form; Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.ba.zin/

Noun

bombazine f (plural bombazines)

1. bombazine
   • 2012, Anne Perry, translated by Florence Bertrand, Dorchester Terrace:

     Peut-être portait-elle des bottines à talon plus haut sous le volant de sa jupe en bombazine.

     [original: Perhaps she had new boots with a higher heel. Under the swirl of her black bombazine skirt it was not possible to tell.]

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bombazina

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bambagino.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bõ.baˈzĩ.ni/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bõ.baˈzĩ.ni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bõ.baˈzi.ne/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bõ.bɐˈzi.nɨ/

• Hyphenation: bom‧ba‧zi‧ne

Noun

bombazine f (plural bombazines)

1. (Portugal) corduroy (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)

   calças de bombazine ― corduroy pants