tulle

See also: Tulle and tullë

English

embroidered tulle

Etymology

Borrowed 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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tjuːl/, /tuːl/, /tʊl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tuːl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːl, -ʊl
• Homophone: tool

Noun

tulle (countable and uncountable, plural tulles)

1. 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

kind of silk lace

• Belarusian: цюль m (cjulʹ)
• Bulgarian: тюл m (tjul)
• Catalan: tul m
• Danish: tyl c or n
• Dutch: tule (nl) f
• Esperanto: tulo (eo)
• Finnish: tylli (fi)
• French: tulle (fr) f
• German: Tüll (de) m
• Icelandic: tjull n
• Irish: fialsíoda m
• Japanese: チュール (ja) (chūru)
• Polish: tiul (pl) m
• Russian: тюль (ru) m (tjulʹ)
• Spanish: tul (es) m
• Swedish: tyll (sv) c or n
• Ukrainian: тюль m (tjulʹ)
• Welsh: tiwl m

Anagrams

• Tuell, ullet

Estonian

Noun

tulle

1. illative singular of tuli

Finnish

Verb

tulle

1. present active potential connegative of tulla

Anagrams

• lelut

French

Etymology

Named after Tulle, where the fabric was first manufactured.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyl/

• Audio:

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Noun

tulle m (uncountable)

1. tulle

Descendants

• → English: tulle
• → Esperanto: tulo
• → German: Tüll
• → Japanese: チュール (chūru)
• → Russian: тюль (tjulʹ)
• → Spanish: tul
• → Turkish: tül

Further reading

• “tulle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Verb

tulle

1. alternative form of tollen (“to bring”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• तुल्ले (Devanagari script)
• তুল্লে (Bengali script)
• තුල‍්ලෙ (Sinhalese script)
• တုလ္လေ or တုလ်လေ (Burmese script)
• ตุลฺเล or ตุลเล (Thai script)
• ᨲᩩᩃᩖᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕຸລ຺ເລ or ຕຸລເລ (Lao script)
• តុល្លេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄪𑄣𑄳𑄣𑄬 (Chakma script)

Adjective

tulle

1. locative singular masculine/neuter of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)
2. accusative plural masculine of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)
3. vocative singular feminine of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)

Spanish

Verb

tulle

1. inflection of tullir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative