bombazine

bombazine

English

Alternative forms

• bombasine, bombazin, bombasin

Etymology

From Middle French bombasin, from Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒmbəziːn/, /ˈbʌmbəziːn/

Noun

bombazine (countable and uncountable, plural bombazines)

1. A twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 144:

     I watched the animated widows in their bombazine dresses, capping each other's memories.

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French

Alternative forms

• bombasine

Etymology

From Middle French bombasin (m), in the feminine form; Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.ba.zin/

Noun

bombazine f (plural bombazines)

1. bombazine

   2012, Anne Perry, Dorchester Terrace:

   Peut-être portait-elle des bottines à talon plus haut sous le volant de sa jupe en bombazine.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bombazina

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bambagino.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bõ.baˈzĩ.ni/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bõ.baˈzĩ.ni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bõ.baˈzi.ne/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bõ.bɐˈzi.n(ɨ)/

• Hyphenation: bom‧ba‧zi‧ne

Noun

bombazine f (plural bombazines)

1. corduroy (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)

   calças de bombazine ― corduroy pants

References

1. “bombazina” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “bombazine” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.