name
Meaning 1
A female given name from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
georgette
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noun
Meaning 2
A thin lightweight silk or cotton fabric with a matte finish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
a thin silk dress material
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
History
Etymology
From French Georgette. By surface analysis, George + -ette. Piecewise doublet of Georgetta.
From French georgette, named after Georgette de la Plante, French dressmaker.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: жоржет (žoržet) — fabric
- Greek: ζορζέτα (zorzéta) — fabric
- Hungarian: zsorzsett — fabric
- Irish: seoirséad — fabric
- Japanese: ジョーゼット (jōzetto) — fabric
- Japanese: 経緯縮緬 (tateyoko chirimen) — fabric
- Macedonian: жоржет (žoržet) — fabric
- Persian: ژرژت (žoržet) — fabric
- Polish: żorżeta — fabric
- Slovak: žoržet — fabric
- Turkish: jorjet — fabric
Real reading context