adj
Meaning 1
Made of suede.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
suede
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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/sweɪd/
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Scotland: /swed/
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rhymes with -eɪd
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homophone: swayed (except Scotland)
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CMU ARPABET: S W EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To make (leather) into suede.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To finish (fabric) by abrasion, giving it a fibrous surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 5
a fabric made to resemble suede leather
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: suede cloth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
Narrower terms: Ultrasuede
noun
Meaning 6
leather with a napped surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: suede leather
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: leather
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French gants de Suède (“gloves from Sweden”). Doublet of Swede.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: велурен (veluren) — made of suede
- French: de suède — made of suede
- French: de cuir suédé — made of suede
- French: de daim — made of suede
- Italian: scamosciato — made of suede
- Polish: zamszowy — made of suede
- Russian: за́мшевый (zámševyj) — made of suede
- Turkish: podösüet — made of suede
- Armenian: զամշ (zamš) — type of leather
- Bulgarian: велур (velur) — type of leather
- Catalan: serratge — type of leather
- Chinese Mandarin: 仿麂皮 (fǎngjǐpí) — type of leather
- Chinese Mandarin: 麂皮 (jǐpí) — type of leather
- Esperanto: svedledo — type of leather
- Finnish: mokka — type of leather
- Finnish: mokkanahka — type of leather
- French: suède — type of leather
- French: cuir suédé — type of leather
- French: daim — type of leather
- Galician: camurza — type of leather
- Georgian: ზამში (zamši) — type of leather
- German: Wildleder — type of leather
- German: Veloursleder — type of leather
- Greek: καστόρι (kastóri) — type of leather
- Hebrew: זמש (zamsh) — type of leather
- Hungarian: velúrbőr — type of leather
- Icelandic: rúskinn — type of leather
- Irish: svaeid — type of leather
- Irish: craiceann fiaghabhair — type of leather
- Italian: camoscio — type of leather
- Italian: pelle scamosciata — type of leather
- Japanese: スエード (suēdo) — type of leather
- Korean: 스웨이드 (seuweideu) — type of leather
- Māori: papahunga — type of leather
- Persian: جیر (jir) — type of leather
- Polish: zamsz — type of leather
- Portuguese: camurça — type of leather
- Russian: за́мша (zámša) — type of leather
- Spanish: gamuza — type of leather
- Swedish: mocka — type of leather
- Tibetan: སྐྱི་པགས (skyi pags) — type of leather
- Turkish: süet — type of leather
- Welsh: swêd — type of leather