Dictionary

sequin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsiː.kwɪn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French sequin, from Italian zecchino, from zecca (“mint”), from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka, “die for coining, coin”). Doublet of zecchin.

Meanings

1. (historical) Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.
   • English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pices stamped with what looked like wisps of string or its of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to ware them round your neck - nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection... 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
   • ‘Let him receive as many robes of honour and thousands of sequins of gold as he hath spoken words.’ 1816, William Beckford, Vathek, Oxford, published 2013, page 10:
2. A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.
   • Neer imagined Jane in tulle and leather and sequins and knew the answer. 2022, Janelle Monáe, Danny Lore, “Nevermind”, in The Memory Librarian, Harper Voyager, →ISBN, page 122:
   • His ideas of music-hall costumes had never gone beyond short skirts, a swirl of lace, and glittering sequins; but Miss Antonia had expressed herself on that subject in no uncertain terms. 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter CVII, in Of Human Bondage:

Forms

Deriveds

sequined

Synonyms

zecchin · paillette

Translations (49)

hu flitter (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · ru цехи́н (Italian/Turkish coin) · ca lluentó (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · mi kora (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · es cequí (Italian/Turkish coin) · ro paietă (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · sv sekin (Italian/Turkish coin) · it paillette (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · fr paillettes (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · nn paljett (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · nb paljetter (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · de Paillette (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · uk блискі́тка (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · tr payet (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · cs cetka (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · sh cekin (Italian/Turkish coin) · de Flitterblättchen (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · ru блёстка (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · eo brilaĵeto (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · es lentejuela (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · sv dukat (Italian/Turkish coin) · ms labuci (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · hu zecchino (Italian/Turkish coin) · nb paljett (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · cs bůstka (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · mk пуле́лија (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · fi paljetti (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · it zecchino (Italian/Turkish coin) · cs flitr (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · mk це́кин (Italian/Turkish coin) · cs pajetka (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · el πούλια (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · pt lantejoula (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · nn paljettar (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · sl cekin (Italian/Turkish coin) · fi sekiini (Italian/Turkish coin) · pl cekin (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · mk пу́лејка (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · eo zekino (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · sv paljett (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · sh pajet (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · bg пайети (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · sh šljokica (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · eo zekino (Italian/Turkish coin) · th เลื่อม (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · de Zechine (Italian/Turkish coin) · it lustrino (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing) · tr sikke (Italian/Turkish coin) · uk бли́скітка (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)

sequin en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsiː.kwɪn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French sequin, from Italian zecchino, from zecca (“mint”), from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka, “die for coining, coin”). Doublet of zecchin.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To decorate with sequins.

Forms