bombazine
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle French bombasin, from Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbombazine (countable and uncountable, plural bombazines)
French
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editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French bombasin (m), in the feminine form; Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbombazine f (plural bombazines)
- 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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian bambagino.[1][2]
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: bom‧ba‧zi‧ne
Noun
editbombazine f (plural bombazines)
References
edit- ^ “bombazina”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “bombazine”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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