adj · noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɛkʃt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Canada, General-American:/ˈtɛkst͡ʃɚ/
Canada, General-American:/ˈtɛkʃt͡ʃɚ/
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Australian, New-Zealand:/ˈtekst͡ʃə(ɹ)/
rhymes with -ɛkstʃə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:T EH1 K S CH ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Having an intense texture; with a texture that causes a strong (often positive) reaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The beans had a grainy, gritty texture in her mouth.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: art, arts
Examples
The piece of music had a mainly homophonic texture.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
then another melodic line is added to the texture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musicality, musicalness
13
noun
Meaning 13
the essential quality of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the texture of Neapolitan life
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality, character, lineament
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin textūrabor. Middle French texturebor. English texture Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textūra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text. Doublet of tessitura.
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَلْمَس
(malmas)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Bulgarian:
текстура
(tekstura)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Catalan:
textura
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Chinese Mandarin:
質地 /质地
(zhídì)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Chinese Mandarin:
材質 /材质
(cái zhì)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Chinese Mandarin:
質感 /质感
(zhìgǎn)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Chinese Mandarin:
肌理
(jīlǐ)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Chinese Mandarin:
紋理 /纹理
(wénlǐ)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Chinese Mandarin:
觸感 /触感
(chùgǎn)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Chinese Mandarin:
口感
(kǒugǎn)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Chinese Mandarin:
手感
(shǒugǎn)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Czech:
struktura povrchu
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Danish:
tekstur
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Dutch:
textuur
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Esperanto:
teksturo
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Esperanto:
teksaranĝo
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Finnish:
tuntu
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Finnish:
tuntuma
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Finnish:
rakenne
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
French:
texture
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Galician:
textura
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
German:
Textur
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Hungarian:
szövet
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Hungarian:
tapintás
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Hungarian:
tapintású
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Indonesian:
tekstur
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Latin:
textūra
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Māori:
kakano
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Marathi:
पोत
(pot)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Norwegian Bokmål:
tekstur
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tekstur
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Romanian:
țesătură
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Romanian:
textură
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Russian:
строе́ние
(strojénije)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Russian:
структу́ра
(struktúra)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Russian:
тексту́ра
(tekstúra)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Russian:
ткань
(tkanʹ)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Scottish Gaelic:
dèanamh
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Slovak:
štruktúra povrchu
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Spanish:
textura
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Ukrainian:
тексту́ра
(tekstúra)
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Welsh:
gweadedd
— feel or shape of a surface or substance
Catalan:
textura
— art: quality produced by interaction of elements
Chinese Mandarin:
質感 /质感
(zhìgǎn)
— art: quality produced by interaction of elements
Finnish:
rakenne
— art: quality produced by interaction of elements
French:
texture
— art: quality produced by interaction of elements
Romanian:
calitate a țesăturii
— art: quality produced by interaction of elements
Catalan:
textura
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Chinese Mandarin:
貼圖 /贴图
(tiētú)
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Chinese Mandarin:
材質 /材质
(cái zhì)
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Czech:
textura
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Dutch:
textuur
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Esperanto:
teksturo
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Finnish:
tekstuuri
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Finnish:
kuviointi
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
French:
texture
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
German:
Textur
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Icelandic:
efni
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Italian:
texture
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Japanese:
テクスチャ
(tekusucha)
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Polish:
tekstura
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Romanian:
textură
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
Russian:
тексту́ра
(tekstúra)
— computer graphics: image applied to a polygon
