woolen en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈwʊlən/
Etymology
From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).
Meanings
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(US, not-comparable) Made of wool.
In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.
1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), pages 40–41:
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(US, not-comparable) Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths.
woolen manufactures
Woolen threads were an occult means, according to the Roman poet Horace, of depriving a person of virility.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 234:a woolen mill
a woolen draper
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| woollen | UK, alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (35)
el μάλλινος (made of wool) · ru шерстяно́й (made of wool) · izh lankain (made of wool) · es de lana (made of wool) · ja 毛織物 (made of wool) · io lana (made of wool) · hu gyapjú (made of wool) · tr yünlü (made of wool) · fi villa- (made of wool) · xal шеемг (made of wool) · it in lana (made of wool) · uk шерстяний (made of wool) · nl wollen (made of wool) · ang wyllen (made of wool) · pt de lã (made of wool) · mk во́лнен (made of wool) · te ఉన్ని (made of wool) · fr en laine (made of wool) · it di lana (made of wool) · nb ullen (made of wool) · gl de la (made of wool) · fi villainen (made of wool) · bg вълнен (made of wool) · de Woll- (made of wool) · uk вовняний (made of wool) · nn ullen (made of wool) · ko 양모의 (made of wool) · ar صُوفِيّ (made of wool) · da ulden (made of wool) · is ullar- (made of wool) · la lāneus (made of wool) · de wollen (made of wool) · cs vlněný (made of wool) · yi וואָלן (made of wool) · ro de lână (made of wool)