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macramé

See also: macrame and macramè

English

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The emblem of Tiberias, Israel made from macramé.
 
Macramé bracelets from Tobatí, Paraguay.

Etymology

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1865, borrowed from French macramé, from Italian macramè, from Turkish makreme, from Arabic مِقْرَمَة (miqrama, “ornamental fringe, embroidered veil”), from مِقْرَم (miqram, “bedspread”),[1] from قَرَمَ (qarama, “to gnaw”), from Proto-Semitic *q-r-m.[2]

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Noun

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macramé (countable and uncountable, plural macramés)

  1. A form of decorative textile made by knotting and weaving.

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Verb

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macramé (third-person singular simple present macramés, present participle macraméing, simple past and past participle macraméed or macraméd)

  1. To create textiles using the macramé technique.

References

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  1. ^ "macramé." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.
  2. ^ “macramé”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

French

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Etymology

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From Italian macramè, 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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.kʁa.me/
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Noun

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macramé m (plural macramés)

  1. macramé

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French macramé.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /makɾaˈme/ [ma.kɾaˈme]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: ma‧cra‧mé

Noun

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macramé m (plural macramés)

  1. macramé

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