passement
English
Alternative forms
- passment, passament
- posament, posement (rare)
Etymology
From French. Some of the alternative forms came via German.
Noun
passement (plural passements)
- Lace, brocade, braid etc., sewed on a garment.
- 1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, OCLC 991895633:
- "A gray riding suit, passemeted with silver, russet walking boots, a cut band, a gray hat and plume, black hair"
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References
- passement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French passement.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpɑ.səˈmɛnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pas‧se‧ment
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Noun
passement n (plural passementen)
- passement, various decorative textiles used on clothing and furniture
Derived terms
- passementfabriek
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pas.mɑ̃/, /pɑs.mɑ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
passement m (plural passements)
- passement
Further reading
- “passement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.