denim en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- (California, Southern) audio
- /ˈdɛnɪm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdɛnəm/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
From the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
Fabrics: Gamine fabrics are informal as possible. For sports: tweeds, flannels, suedes, cottons, and denims;
1938, Omnibook, page 465:The Mexican people want a cheaper grade of drillings, sheetings, denims, and other fabrics than are called for in our domestic markets, and purchase them in England because they can not be bought in the United States.
1889, William Eleroy Curtis, “The Commerce of Mexico”, in Trade and Transportation Between the United States and Spanish America, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, part first (Trade), chapter section “The cotton trade”, page 31:Indigo, a typical member of this group of dyes, is widely used on denims and other fabrics for work clothes because of its very low cost and excellent fastness to washing.
1946, United States Tariff Commission, Dyes: Prepared in Response to Requests from the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives (War Changes in Industry Series; Report No. 19), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 25:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| denims | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
denimy · bedenimed · denimed · denimwear · double denim · bull denim · denimlike
Descendants
denimi · denim · 데님 · deinim · tanim · denim · デニム
Relateds
Translations (62)
de Jeans- (textile with diagonal pattern) · eo ĝinzoŝtofo (textile with diagonal pattern) · es tela tejana (textile with diagonal pattern) · fi denimi (textile with diagonal pattern) · ca denim (textile with diagonal pattern) · pl teksas (textile with diagonal pattern) · sh те̏ксас (textile with diagonal pattern) · pt ganga (textile with diagonal pattern) · et teksariie (textile with diagonal pattern) · de Kattun (textile with diagonal pattern) · ru джи́нсовая ткань (textile with diagonal pattern) · fa جین (textile with diagonal pattern) · sh tȅksas (textile with diagonal pattern) · lb Jeans (textile with diagonal pattern) · ru дени́м (textile with diagonal pattern) · mi tāngari (textile with diagonal pattern) · tr blucin (textile with diagonal pattern) · az cins (textile with diagonal pattern) · es mezclilla (textile with diagonal pattern) · et teksasriie (textile with diagonal pattern) · cs džínovina (textile with diagonal pattern) · cmn 丹寧 /丹宁 (textile with diagonal pattern) · sv jeans (textile with diagonal pattern) · ga deinim (textile with diagonal pattern) · tr denim (textile with diagonal pattern) · pl denim (textile with diagonal pattern) · hy ջինս (textile with diagonal pattern) · de Denim (textile with diagonal pattern) · fr denim (textile with diagonal pattern) · sv denim (textile with diagonal pattern) · yue 牛仔布 (textile with diagonal pattern) · de Baumwolldrillich (textile with diagonal pattern) · az cins materialı (textile with diagonal pattern) · pl dżins (textile with diagonal pattern) · ar جِينْز (textile with diagonal pattern) · az cins material (textile with diagonal pattern) · eo denimo (textile with diagonal pattern) · mi tenimi (textile with diagonal pattern) · pl jeans (textile with diagonal pattern) · mk тексас (textile with diagonal pattern) · el τζην (textile with diagonal pattern) · de Jeansgewebe (textile with diagonal pattern) · ga géin (textile with diagonal pattern) · cmn 牛仔布 (textile with diagonal pattern) · tr kot (textile with diagonal pattern) · pt brim (textile with diagonal pattern) · nl denim (textile with diagonal pattern) · nrf dgêne (textile with diagonal pattern) · pt jeans (textile with diagonal pattern) · ar دِينِم (textile with diagonal pattern) · de Jeansstoff (textile with diagonal pattern) · ca teixit texà (textile with diagonal pattern) · cs džínsovina (textile with diagonal pattern) · tl maong (textile with diagonal pattern) · is dením (textile with diagonal pattern) · ru джинс (textile with diagonal pattern) · ja デニム (textile with diagonal pattern) · nl spijkerstof (textile with diagonal pattern) · ko 데님 (textile with diagonal pattern) · cmn 丹寧布 /丹宁布 (textile with diagonal pattern) · bg дени́м (textile with diagonal pattern) · fi farkkukangas (textile with diagonal pattern)