name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
baize
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/beɪz/
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homophone: bays
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homophone: Bayes
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rhymes with -eɪz
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CMU ARPABET: B EY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 4
To cover or line with baize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 5
a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
History
Etymology
From French baies, feminine plural of adjective bai (“bay-colored”) mistaken as a singular noun.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: сукно (sukno) — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Catalan: feltre — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 檯面呢 /台面呢 (táimiànní) — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Dutch: laken — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Dutch: baai — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Finnish: boiji — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Finnish: verka — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- French: drap de billard — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- French: serge — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Galician: feltro — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Irish: baise — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Italian: baietta — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Japanese: ラシャ (rasha) — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Macedonian: су́кно (súkno) — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Macedonian: кла́шна (klášna) — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Polish: baja — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Russian: ба́йка (bájka) — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Spanish: tapete — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Spanish: bayeta — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Turkish: çuha — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.
- Ottoman Turkish: چوقه (çoka, çuka) — woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.