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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:
lĕth"ə-rĕt'
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:
/ˌlɛðəˈɹɛt/
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A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pseudoleather
A person, especially a woman, who dresses in leather or imitation leather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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fabric made to look like leather
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: imitation leather
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
From leather + -ette (suffix forming nouns meaning an imitation or substitute of something); originally a trademark that has since been genericized.
From leather + -ette (suffix forming nouns denoting (female) people).
Across languages
Translations 30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
изкуствена кожа
(izkustvena koža)
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Catalan :
escai
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Czech :
koženka
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Dutch :
kunstleer
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Dutch :
skai
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Finnish :
keinonahka
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Finnish :
tekonahka
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
French :
cuir artificiel
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
French :
skaï
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
German :
Kunstleder
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Greek :
δερματίνη
(dermatíni)
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Hungarian :
műbőr
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Italian :
dermoide
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Italian :
ecopelle
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Italian :
finta pelle
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Italian :
similpelle
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Italian :
skai
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Polish :
skaj
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Polish :
sztuczna skóra
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Polish :
ekoskóra
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Romanian :
scai
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Russian :
дермати́н
(dermatín)
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Serbo-Croatian :
umjetna koža
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Serbo-Croatian :
eko-koža
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Serbo-Croatian :
vještačka koža
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Serbo-Croatian :
veštačka koža
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Spanish :
escay
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Spanish :
polipiel
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Swedish :
konstläder
— type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather
Polish :
kobieta nosząca skaj
— person who dresses in leather or imitation leather
