Meaning

2 senses

  1. (historical)Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.

    Zechine

    цехи́нcexín

  2. A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.

    Paillette, Flitterblättchen

    блёсткаbljóstka

    бли́скіткаblýskitka, блискі́ткаblyskítka

    adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Her black dress was adorned with sequins.

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  2. That color sequin is too ugly for my dress.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing:
Русский
By meaning 2
Italian/Turkish coin:
sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
Italian/Turkish coin:
sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing:

Origin

Borrowed from French sequin, from Italian zecchino, from zecca (“mint”), from Arabic سِكَّ

Borrowed from French sequin, from Italian zecchino, from zecca (“mint”), from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka, “die for coining, coin”). Doublet of zecchin.

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Forms

plural: sequins
Singularsequin
Pluralsequins

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
zecchinpaillette
Close in meaning
  • adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing:spanglediamante

Word family

1 related words
Derivedsequined

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sequentialsequestersequestrationsequoiaserenadeserendipity
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