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velour

noun · 2 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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  • /vəˈlʊə(ɹ)/
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  • rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: V EH2 L UW1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

heavy fabric that resembles velvet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: velours

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French velours (“velvet”).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: велур (velur) — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Finnish: veluuri — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • French: velours — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Galician: pana — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • German: Velours — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Hungarian: velúr — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Icelandic: velúr — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Irish: veiliúr — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Latvian: plīšs — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Norwegian Bokmål: velur — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: velur — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Polish: welur — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Portuguese: velour — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Romanian: velur — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Russian: велю́р (veljúr) — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Spanish: velour — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Spanish: velvetón — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Spanish: velúr — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
  • Swedish: velour — a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser