satin
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsætɪn/
satin
- 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.
- 1878, Henry Yule, "Chinchew" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 673:
- French: satin
- German: Satin, Satinstoff, Satintuch, Atlasstoff, Atlastuch, Atlasgewebe
- Italian: satin raso
- Portuguese: cetim
- Russian: атла́с
- Spanish: raso, satén
satin (not comparable)
- Semigloss.
- satin paint
- French: satiné
satin (satins, present participle satining; past and past participle satined)
- (transitive) To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin.
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