felt en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [ˈfɛlt]
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Etymology
From Middle English felt, from Old English felt, from Proto-West Germanic *felt (compare Dutch vilt, German Filz, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish filt, French feutre), from Proto-Indo-European *pilto, *pilso 'felt' (compare Latin pilleus (“felt”, adjective), Old Church Slavonic плъсть (plŭstĭ), Albanian plis, Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos)), from *pel- 'to beat'. More at anvil.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:
- (countable, uncountable) A hat made of felt.
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(countable, uncountable) A felt-tip pen.
You'll notice that all the illustrations are done in different media: some with pencil crayons, some with felts, some with paint, some with chalk pastels.
1989, Anne D. Forester, Margaret Reinhard, The Learners' Way, page 116:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.
To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose.
1707, John Mortimer, The whole art of husbandry:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| felte | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| felts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
glass felt · feltmonger · felt grain · saturated felt · coated felt sheet · feltmaker · felty · feltwort · felt-tip pen · needlefelt · feltwork · feltness · feltlike · feltless · antifelt · felt scale · feltmaking
Translations (110)
uz kigiz (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · crh keçe (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · uk повсть (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · hu nemezkalap (hat made of felt) · sv filt (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · ko 펠트 (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · de Filz (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · eo felto (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · gag keçä (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · nn filt (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · crh kiyiz (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · he לבד (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · alt кийис (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · pl pilśń (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · hi नमदा (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · kaa kiyiz (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · la coactum (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · az kiyiz (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · fr feutre (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · br feltr (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · arz لبد (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · cs filc (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · kum кийиз (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · ky кийиз (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · grc πῖλος (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · nog кийиз (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · fr feutrine (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · es hieltro (disused) (hat made of felt) · mi kirihuru (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · cs plsť (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · de Filzhut (hat made of felt) · cy ffilt (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · da filt (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · ka თექა (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · pt feltro (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · es fieltro (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · fa نمد (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · mk чоја (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · tl pyeltro (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · tr kiyiz (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · vo fülahät (hat made of felt) · sh pust (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · nl vilt (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · ang felt (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · ug kigiz (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · hy թաղիք (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · it feltro (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · ru во́йлок (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · tyv кидис (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · hu filc (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · bg филц (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · fi huopahattu (hat made of felt) · vo fül (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · no filthatt (hat made of felt) · sh pusteni šešir (hat made of felt) · krc кийиз (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · bo ཕྱིང་པ (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · gl feltro (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · io felto (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · tr aba (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · th สักหลาด (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · cv кӗҫҫе (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · fi huopa (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · sh филц (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · kjj ттагьла (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · ast fieltru (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · km សំបុក (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · uk фетр (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · slr çiyik (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · lt veltinys (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · mn эсгий (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · kaa kiygiz (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · sk plsť (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · lb Filz (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · az keçə (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · cy brethyn llawban (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · pl filc (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · lv filcs (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · sq plis (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · et vilt (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · ba кейеҙ (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · es fieltro (hat made of felt) · fr feutre (hat made of felt) · nb filt (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · cmn 毛氈 /毛毡 (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · cs plstěný klobouk (hat made of felt) · ja フェルト (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · tr fötr (hat made of felt) · da filthat (hat made of felt) · hu nemez (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · tl piyeltro (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · ro pâslă (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · eu feltro (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · ru фетр (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · es hieltro (disused) (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · kk киіз (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · sh filc (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · bg филцова шапка (hat made of felt) · el τσόχα (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · km មួកសំបុក (hat made of felt) · ca feltre (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · ja 毛氈 (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · ja 羅紗 (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · kjh киис (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · el κετσές (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · cs plsťák (hat made of felt) · pt feltro (hat made of felt) · pdt Burr (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · tr keçe (cloth made of matted fibres of wool) · sh пуст (cloth made of matted fibres of wool)