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texture en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛkʃt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Texas) audio
• /ˈtekst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (California) audio
• /ˈtɛkst͡ʃɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈtɛkʃt͡ʃɚ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin textūrabor. Middle French texturebor. English texture Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textūra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text. Doublet of tessitura.

Meanings

1. (slang) Having an intense texture; with a texture that causes a strong (often positive) reaction.
   • Augh... Your art style is so texture it makes me stim 2025 April 18, @lukakgae, Twitter (reply to a drawing), archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025:
   • I may suck at it, but when I get the nail polish *juuuust right* ¶ gosh, its just so texture~ ¶ whaaaat? noo, Im totally not autistic and stimming with every comfortable texture I can 2022 April 4, @Unit_9078, Twitter, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025:
   • I was hesitant about biting a piece of paper. "W-What if I get a papercut on my tongue?" ¶ "Flower, do you honestly think that the Compact uses paper that sophonts can injure themselves with? [… 2022 August 24, Darkfalli, “Wellness Check - Chapter 13: Sinking Theseus's Ship”, in Archive Of Our Own, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025:
   • i like doing my makeup but i hate how it makes my skin feels after omg its so...texture whats it called ¶ it just isnt smooth anymore omg FUCK U 2023 March 6, @lukakgae, Twitter, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025:

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texture en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛkʃt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Texas) audio
• /ˈtekst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (California) audio
• /ˈtɛkst͡ʃɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈtɛkʃt͡ʃɚ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin textūrabor. Middle French texturebor. English texture Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textūra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text. Doublet of tessitura.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
   • The beans had a grainy, gritty texture in her mouth.
2. (countable, uncountable) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
   • The piece of music had a mainly homophonic texture.
3. (countable, uncountable) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
   • The videocard is responsible for drawing every polygon, texture, and particle effect in every game you play. 2004, Will Smith, Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC (page 97)
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act or art of weaving.
   • Skins, although a natural habit unto all before the invention of texture, was something more unto Adam. 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
   • Of richest texture spread 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
   • Others, apart far in the grassy dale, / Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave. a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A tissue.

Forms

Deriveds

retexture · texturize · texturable · macrotexture · overspray surface texture · texturewise · microtexture · echotexture · nanotexture · open texture · hypertexture · multitexture · architexture · texturization · texturous · textureless · texturist · texturise · subtexture · texture map · texturisation · intertexture · texturism

Relateds

textural · text · subtext · textual · texton · context · texel · pretext

Translations (64)

cs struktura povrchu (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · fi kuviointi (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · fi rakenne (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · cs textura (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · mr पोत (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · it texture (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · ru структу́ра (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · mi kakano (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · kk фактура (art: quality produced by interaction of elements) · eo teksturo (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · ca textura (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · ca textura (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · fi tekstuuri (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · ru ткань (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · fr texture (art: quality produced by interaction of elements) · cmn 口感 (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · cmn 質感 /质感 (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · cy gweadedd (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · fi tuntu (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · cmn 貼圖 /贴图 (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · eo teksaranĝo (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · uk тексту́ра (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · ru строе́ние (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · hu szövet (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · cmn 手感 (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · ja テクスチャ (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · cmn 觸感 /触感 (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · cmn 材質 /材质 (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · fi tuntuma (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · cmn 質感 /质感 (art: quality produced by interaction of elements) · nl textuur (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · la textūra (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · cmn 肌理 (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · hu tapintású (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · da tekstur (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · hu tapintás (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · fr texture (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · nl textuur (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · ro textură (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · es textura (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · ro textură (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · ru тексту́ра (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · cmn 質地 /质地 (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · ar مَلْمَس (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · cmn 材質 /材质 (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · fi rakenne (art: quality produced by interaction of elements) · ro calitate a țesăturii (art: quality produced by interaction of elements) · sk štruktúra povrchu (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · ro țesătură (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · cmn 紋理 /纹理 (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · pl tekstura (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · id tekstur (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · eo teksturo (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · is efni (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · de Textur (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · gd dèanamh (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · de Textur (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · nb tekstur (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · fr texture (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · ru тексту́ра (computer graphics: image applied to a polygon) · bg текстура (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · gl textura (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · nn tekstur (feel or shape of a surface or substance) · ca textura (art: quality produced by interaction of elements)

texture en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛkʃt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Texas) audio
• /ˈtekst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (California) audio
• /ˈtɛkst͡ʃɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈtɛkʃt͡ʃɚ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin textūrabor. Middle French texturebor. English texture Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textūra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text. Doublet of tessitura.

Meanings

1. To create or apply a texture.
   • Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.
   • The floor here is invisible because the game's devs forgot to texture it.

Forms

Translations (6)

fi rapata (Translations) · id tekstur (Translations) · de texturieren (Translations) · pt texturizar (Translations) · pl teksturować (Translations) · fi teksturoida (Translations)