leather
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process,…A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
» Tom wanted to buy a leather belt.
Том хотел купить кожаный ремень. — marafon
Том хотів купити шкіряний ремінь. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
Leder
ко́жаkóža
шкі́раškíra
(countable, uncountable)A piece of the above used for polishing.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)A cricket ball or football.
(countable, plural, uncountable)Clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
(countable, uncountable)A good defensive play
Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
(countable, uncountable)A punch.
(countable, dated, humorous, uncountable)The skin.
- an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
Examples
206 sentencesTom wanted to buy a leather belt.
Том хотів купити шкіряний ремінь. — deniko
ruТом хотел купить кожаный ремень. — marafon
She gave me a bag made of leather.
Вона дала мені шкіряну сумку — anastasishko
ruОна дала мне сумку, сделанную из кожи. — Lenin_1917
deSie gab mir eine Tasche aus Leder. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He buys and sells leather goods.
Він купує і продає шкіряні товари. — deniko
ruОн покупает и продаёт изделия из кожи. — odexed
deEr handelt mit Lederwaren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom refuses to buy anything made of leather.
Том відмовляється купувати будь-які шкіряні вироби. — deniko
It's made of leather.
Це зі шкіри. — deniko
ruЭто из кожи. — nina99nv
deDas ist aus Leder. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro- (“skin, hide”).
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Forms
plural: leathersWord family
65 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
9 patterns- leather jacket
- a leather belt
- pair of leather
- a leather jacket
- black leather
- made of leather
- leather belt
- buy a leather
- leather gloves