satin
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈsætɪn/
Noun

satin

  1. A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
    • 1878, Henry Yule, "Chinchew" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 673:
      Ibn Batuta informs us that a rich silk texture made here was called Zaitûniya; and there can be little doubt that this is the real origin of our word Satin,—Zettani in mediæval Italian, Aceytuni in Spanish.
Related terms Translations
  • French: satin
  • German: Satin, Satinstoff, Satintuch, Atlasstoff, Atlastuch, Atlasgewebe
  • Italian: satin raso
  • Portuguese: cetim
  • Russian: атла́с
  • Spanish: raso, satén
Adjective

satin (not comparable)

  1. Semigloss.
    satin paint
Translations Verb

satin (satins, present participle satining; past and past participle satined)

  1. (transitive) To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin.



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