fleece

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From Middle English fles, flees, flese, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.

175 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skaapvag — hair or wool of a sheep
• Armenian: բուրդ (burd) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Armenian: գեղմ (geġm) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Belarusian: руно́ (runó) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Belarusian: шэрсць (šerscʹ) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Belarusian: во́ўна (vówna) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Breton: kreoñ — hair or wool of a sheep
• Bulgarian: руно́ (runó) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Bulgarian: въ̀лна (vǎ̀lna) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Catalan: velló — hair or wool of a sheep
• Catalan: vell — hair or wool of a sheep
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊毛 (yángmáo) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Cornish: knew — hair or wool of a sheep
• Czech: rouno — hair or wool of a sheep
• Czech: vlna — hair or wool of a sheep
• Dutch: schaapsvacht — hair or wool of a sheep
• Dutch: schapenvacht — hair or wool of a sheep
• Esperanto: ŝaflano — hair or wool of a sheep
• Esperanto: ŝafharo — hair or wool of a sheep
• Finnish: karva — hair or wool of a sheep
• Finnish: villa — hair or wool of a sheep
• French: toison — hair or wool of a sheep
• Galician: capela — hair or wool of a sheep
• Galician: vélaro — hair or wool of a sheep
• Georgian: მატყლი (maṭq̇li) — hair or wool of a sheep
• German: Vlies — hair or wool of a sheep
• Greek: προβιά (proviá) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Greek: μηλωτή (milotí) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Ancient Greek: πόκος (pókos) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Ancient Greek: κῶας (kôas) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Ancient Greek: νάκη (nákē) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Hebrew: גִּזָּה (gizzá) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Hungarian: gyapjú — hair or wool of a sheep
• Irish: lomra — hair or wool of a sheep
• Italian: vello — hair or wool of a sheep
• Japanese: 羊毛 (yōmō) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Korean: 양모 (yangmo) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Latin: vellus — hair or wool of a sheep
• Latvian: vilna — hair or wool of a sheep
• Laz: მონტკორი (monťǩori) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Macedonian: руно (runo) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Macedonian: волна (volna) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Middle English: fles — hair or wool of a sheep
• Mingrelian: მონტყორი (monṭq̇ori) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Polish: runo — hair or wool of a sheep
• Polish: wełna — hair or wool of a sheep
• Portuguese: tosão — hair or wool of a sheep
• Quechua: rutuy — hair or wool of a sheep
• Quechua: millma — hair or wool of a sheep
• Romanian: lână — hair or wool of a sheep
• Russian: руно́ (runó) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Russian: шерсть (šerstʹ) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Scottish Gaelic: rùsg — hair or wool of a sheep
• Serbo-Croatian: руно — hair or wool of a sheep
• Serbo-Croatian: вуна — hair or wool of a sheep
• Serbo-Croatian: runo — hair or wool of a sheep
• Serbo-Croatian: vuna — hair or wool of a sheep
• Slovak: rúno — hair or wool of a sheep
• Slovak: vlna — hair or wool of a sheep
• Slovene: runo — hair or wool of a sheep
• Slovene: volna — hair or wool of a sheep
• Spanish: vellón — hair or wool of a sheep
• Spanish: vellocino — hair or wool of a sheep
• Spanish: lana — hair or wool of a sheep
• Spanish: toisón — hair or wool of a sheep
• Svan: მა̈ტყ (mäṭq̇) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Tagalog: balahibo ng tupa — hair or wool of a sheep
• Turkish: yapağı — hair or wool of a sheep
• Ottoman Turkish: یاپاغی (yapağı) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Ukrainian: руно́ (runó) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Ukrainian: шерсть (šerstʹ) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Ukrainian: во́вна (vóvna) — hair or wool of a sheep
• Welsh: cnu — hair or wool of a sheep
• Welsh: cnuf — hair or wool of a sheep
• Catalan: velló — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Catalan: vell — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Czech: rouno — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Dutch: vel — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Esperanto: (kruda) felo — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Esperanto: (preparita) pelto — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Finnish: talja — insulating skin with the wool attached
• French: toison — insulating skin with the wool attached
• German: Fell — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Greek: προβιά (proviá) — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Ancient Greek: πόκος (pókos) — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Ancient Greek: κῶας (kôas) — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Ancient Greek: νάκη (nákē) — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Hungarian: gyapjas bőr — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Italian: vello — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Italian: pelliccia — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Italian: tosone — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Korean: 양모 (yangmo) — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Latin: vellus — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Middle English: fles — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Portuguese: pelego — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Russian: овчи́на (ovčína) — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Scottish Gaelic: rùsg — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Slovak: rúno — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Spanish: piel — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Spanish: vellón — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Spanish: zalea — insulating skin with the wool attached
• Catalan: pelfa — textile
• Dutch: fleece — textile
• Esperanto: fliso — textile
• Finnish: fleecekangas — textile
• Finnish: fleece — textile
• Finnish: fliisi — textile
• French: molleton — textile
• French: polaire — textile
• German: Fleece — textile
• Icelandic: flís — textile
• Italian: pile — textile
• Japanese: フリース (furīsu) — textile
• Korean: 양모 (yangmo) — textile
• Romanian: molton — textile
• Romanian: polar — textile
• Russian: флис (flis) — textile
• Spanish: forro polar — textile
• Spanish: vellón polar — textile
• Spanish: polar — textile
• Swedish: fleece — textile
• Ukrainian: фліс (flis) — textile
• Chinese Mandarin: 抓绒衣 — insulating woolly jacket
• Czech: flís — insulating woolly jacket
• Finnish: fleecetakki — insulating woolly jacket
• Finnish: fleece — insulating woolly jacket
• Finnish: fliisi — insulating woolly jacket
• French: polaire — insulating woolly jacket
• German: Fleecejacke — insulating woolly jacket
• Icelandic: flíspeysa — insulating woolly jacket
• Italian: pile — insulating woolly jacket
• Korean: 플리스 (peulliseu) — insulating woolly jacket
• Romanian: polar — insulating woolly jacket
• Bulgarian: оскубвам (oskubvam) — to con or trick someone out of money
• Catalan: plomar — to con or trick someone out of money
• Catalan: pelar — to con or trick someone out of money
• Dutch: oplichten — to con or trick someone out of money
• Finnish: nylkeä — to con or trick someone out of money
• French: dévaliser — to con or trick someone out of money
• French: dépouiller — to con or trick someone out of money
• French: arnaquer — to con or trick someone out of money
• French: plumer — to con or trick someone out of money
• Galician: esfolar — to con or trick someone out of money
• German: abziehen — to con or trick someone out of money
• German: ausnehmen — to con or trick someone out of money
• German: betrügen — to con or trick someone out of money
• German: beschwindeln — to con or trick someone out of money
• German: übers Ohr hauen — to con or trick someone out of money
• Hungarian: megvág — to con or trick someone out of money
• Hungarian: megkopaszt — to con or trick someone out of money
• Irish: feann — to con or trick someone out of money
• Italian: spiumare — to con or trick someone out of money
• Italian: pelare — to con or trick someone out of money
• Latin: dēfloccō — to con or trick someone out of money
• Romanian: stoarce — to con or trick someone out of money
• Russian: обдира́ть (obdirátʹ) — to con or trick someone out of money
• Russian: ободра́ть как ли́пку (obodrátʹ kak lípku) — to con or trick someone out of money
• Spanish: esquilmar — to con or trick someone out of money
• Spanish: desplumar — to con or trick someone out of money
• Swedish: skinna — to con or trick someone out of money
• Swedish: pungslå — to con or trick someone out of money
• Swedish: skörta upp — to con or trick someone out of money
• Ottoman Turkish: صاغمق (sağmak) — to con or trick someone out of money
• Welsh: pluo — to con or trick someone out of money
• Welsh: plingo — to con or trick someone out of money
• Bulgarian: стрижа (striža) — to shear the fleece
• Finnish: keritä — to shear the fleece
• French: tondre — to shear the fleece
• German: scheren — to shear the fleece
• Persian: پشم چیدن (pašm čidan) — to shear the fleece
• Persian: فریز کردن (fariz kardan) — to shear the fleece
• Russian: стричь ове́ц (stričʹ ovéc) — to shear the fleece
• Spanish: esquilar — to shear the fleece
• Ottoman Turkish: قرقمق (kırkmak) — to shear the fleece
• Welsh: cneifio — to shear the fleece