macramè

See also: macrame and macramé

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Turkish makreme, from Arabic مِقْرَمَة‎ (miqrama, “ornamental fringe, embroidered veil”), from مِقْرَم‎ (miqram, “bedspread”), from قَرَمَ‎ (qarama, “to gnaw”), from Proto-Semitic *q-r-m.[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

macramè m (invariable)

  1. macramé

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “macramè”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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