brocade
A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold…A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.
Brokat, Brokatstoff, Seidenbrokat
парча́parčá
thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern
(countable, uncountable)An item decorated with brocade.
(countable, uncountable)Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A decorative pattern.
Translations
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Origin
From Occitan brocada and Spanish and Portuguese brocado, influenced by French brocart, froFrom Occitan brocada and Spanish and Portuguese brocado, influenced by French brocart, from Italian broccato, from brocco, ultimately from Gaulish.
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Forms
plural: brocadesWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable