tulle
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French tulle, named after French Tulle (a town), named after Latin Tūtēla (a Roman deity), from Latin tūtēla (whence English tutelary), from Latin tueor (whence tutor, tutorial).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /tjuːl/, /tuːl/, /tʊl/
- (US) IPA(key): /tuːl/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːl, -ʊl
- Homophone: tool
Noun
edittulle (countable and uncountable, plural tulles)
- A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.
- 1985 December 21, Larry Hitt, “Perfect Couple Creation”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 23, page 7:
- I kept thinking of Marie Osmond — standing there at the altar, so brave in white tull [sic]. "Marriage isn't just for life," she said, "it's for eternity."
- 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 240:
- ‘Before I forget, there is one turquoise tulle fabric I think you would love . . .’
Translations
editkind of silk lace
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Anagrams
editEstonian
editNoun
edittulle
Finnish
editVerb
edittulle
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editNamed after Tulle, where the fabric was first manufactured.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittulle m (uncountable)
Descendants
edit- → English: tulle
- → Esperanto: tulo
- → German: Tüll
- → Japanese: チュール (chūru)
- → Russian: тюль (tjulʹ)
- → Spanish: tul
- → Turkish: tül
Further reading
edit- “tulle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
editVerb
edittulle
- alternative form of tollen (“to bring”)
Pali
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Adjective
edittulle
- locative singular masculine/neuter of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)
- accusative plural masculine of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)
- vocative singular feminine of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)
Spanish
editVerb
edittulle
- inflection of tullir:
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