adj
Meaning 1
Made of wool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
woolen
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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/ˈwʊlən/
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CMU ARPABET: W UH1 L AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, not-comparable
Examples
- woolen manufactures
- a woolen mill
- a woolen draper
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 4
An item of clothing made from wool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
- Put all the woolens in this basket.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
of or related to or made of wool
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a woolen sweater
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: woollen
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a fabric made from the hair of sheep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wool, woollen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
History
Etymology
From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy) — made of wool
- Bulgarian: вълнен (vǎlnen) — made of wool
- Czech: vlněný — made of wool
- Danish: ulden — made of wool
- Dutch: wollen — made of wool
- Finnish: villa- — made of wool
- Finnish: villainen — made of wool
- French: en laine — made of wool
- Galician: de la — made of wool
- German: wollen — made of wool
- German: Woll- — made of wool
- Greek: μάλλινος (mállinos) — made of wool
- Hungarian: gyapjú — made of wool
- Icelandic: ullar- — made of wool
- Ido: lana — made of wool
- Ingrian: lankain — made of wool
- Italian: di lana — made of wool
- Italian: in lana — made of wool
- Japanese: 毛織物 (keorimono) — made of wool
- Kalmyk: шеемг (şeemg) — made of wool
- Korean: 양모의 (yangmoui) — made of wool
- Latin: lāneus — made of wool
- Macedonian: во́лнен (vólnen) — made of wool
- Norwegian Bokmål: ullen — made of wool
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ullen — made of wool
- Old English: wyllen — made of wool
- Portuguese: de lã — made of wool
- Romanian: de lână — made of wool
- Russian: шерстяно́й (šerstjanój) — made of wool
- Spanish: de lana — made of wool
- Telugu: ఉన్ని (unni) — made of wool
- Turkish: yünlü — made of wool
- Ukrainian: вовняний (vovnjanyj) — made of wool
- Ukrainian: шерстяний (šerstjanyj) — made of wool
- Yiddish: וואָלן (voln) — made of wool
- Bulgarian: вълнена дреха (vǎlnena dreha) — item of clothing made from wool
- French: lainage — item of clothing made from wool
- German: Wollware — item of clothing made from wool
- Korean: 모직물 (mojingmul) — item of clothing made from wool
- Swedish: ylle — item of clothing made from wool
Real reading context