satin
A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull backA cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
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» Mary wore a pink satin sash.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
Satin, Satinstoff, Satintuch
атла́сatlás, сати́нsatín
атла́сatlás, сати́нsatýn
a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back
(countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Gin (the drink).
Examples
14 sentencesMary wore a pink satin sash.
Mary was wearing a black satin dress.
Is that a satin dress?
deIst das ein Satinkleid? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She was wearing a gown of satin.
ruОна носила атласный халат. — odexed
The black satin ribbon adorned her hair beautifully.
Translations
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Origin
From French satin, which is derived from "Zaitun", the Arabic name for the Chinese city ofFrom French satin, which is derived from "Zaitun", the Arabic name for the Chinese city of Quanzhou, itself derived from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”), from phono-semantic matching from Chinese 刺桐 (MC tshjeH duwng, “coral tree”) in 刺桐城 (MC tshjeH duwng dzyeng, “coral tree town”), an old name for Quanzhou.
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Forms
plural: satinsWord family
28 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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