gingham

gingham

English

a gingham tea towel/dishcloth

Etymology

From Malay genggang (“ajar; apart”), or a corruption of French Guingamp, the name of a town in Brittany, France where this cloth may have been made. See gingham on WikipediaWikipedia for more.

Noun

gingham (countable and uncountable, plural ginghams)

1. A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks

Translations

a cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks

Chinese: Cantonese: 格子棉布 (gaak3 zi2 min4 bou3) Mandarin: 格子棉布 (zh) (gézi miánbù) French: vichy (fr) m German: Gingan m Hiligaynon: ginggon

Irish: guingeám m, guingeán m Japanese: ギンガム (gingamu) Malagasy: gingana (mg) Malay: genggang, gingam Spanish: guinga

See also

• seersucker

Further reading

• gingham on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gingham on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons