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velveteen

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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  • /ˈvɛlvətiːn/
  • vĕl􂀽'və-tēn
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  • CMU ARPABET: V EH1 L V AH0 T IY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: velveret

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile

History

Etymology

From velvet + -een. Compare veloutine, from French.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: памучно кадифе (pamučno kadife) — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Bulgarian: бархет (barhet) — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Catalan: vellutina — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棉絨 /棉绒 (miánróng) — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Esperanto: veluro — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Finnish: puuvillasametti — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • French: veloutine — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • German: Baumwollsamt — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • German: Veloursamt — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • German: Nickistoff — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Ido: koton-veluro — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Irish: veilbhitín — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Italian: vellutino — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Japanese: 別珍 (betchin) — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Korean: 벨베틴 (belbetin) — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Polish: welwet — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Russian: вельве́т (velʹvét) — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Russian: плис (plis) — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Russian: манче́стер (mančéster, mančéstɛr) — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Spanish: pana — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Spanish: velludillo — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Uyghur: مەخمەل (mexmel) — cotton fabric with a short pile
  • Welsh: melfaréd — cotton fabric with a short pile