foulard
English
Etymology
From French foulard.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fuːˈlɑːd/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /fuːˈlɑɹd/
Noun
foulard (countable and uncountable, plural foulards)
- A lightweight silk or silk-and-cotton fabric, often with a printed pattern. [from 19th c.]
- 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad:
- The Empress and the little Grand Duchess wore simple suits of foulard (or foulard silk, I don't know which is proper,) with a small blue spot in it […]
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 176:
- A lot of foulard tie bulged out and was rain-spotted above his crossed lapels.
- 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad:
- A piece of clothing, or a handkerchief, made with this fabric. [from 19th c.]
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:foulard.
French
Etymology
Uncertain, perhaps related to fouler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu.laʁ/
Noun
foulard m (plural foulards)
- headscarf
Descendants
- → English: foulard
- → Italian: foulard
- → Romanian: fular
- → Spanish: fular, foulard
Further reading
- “foulard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French foulard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuˈlar/[1]
- Rhymes: -ar
Noun
foulard m (invariable)
- foulard
- Synonym: fazzoletto
References
- foulard in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French foulard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuˈlaɾ/ [fuˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Noun
foulard m (plural foulards)
- foulard