leatherette
A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leatherA type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.
Meaning
2 senses(also, attributive, countable, uncountable)A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.
Kunstleder
дермати́нdermatín
fabric made to look like leather
(slang)A person, especially a woman, who dresses in leather or imitation leather.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From leather + -ette (suffix forming nouns meaning an imitation or substitute of somethingFrom leather + -ette (suffix forming nouns meaning an imitation or substitute of something); originally a trademark that has since been genericized.
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Forms
plural: leatherettes| Singular | leatherette |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- fabric made to look like leather:imitation leather
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.