silken

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Made of silk.
2. (not-comparable) Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
3. (figuratively, not-comparable) Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
4. (not-comparable) Dressed in silk.

Verb

To render silken or silklike.

Sinonieme

silky

silk

sleek

of silk

silk-

satiny

slick

silklike

fluxional

elegant

smooth

soft

stylish

sericious

made of silk

shining

glossy

Vertalings

soyeux

seiden

zijden

serico

seidig

setoso

di seta

bombycinus

zijdeachtig

seidenweich

ipekli

حريري

sedoso

zijig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsɪlkən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: silken

Geërf van Old English: seolcen

Verwante met Skots: selkin

Verwante met Yslands: silki

In summary

From Middle English silken, selken, seolkene, from Old English seolcen, from seolc (“silk”) + -en, from an unattested early Proto-West Germanic borrowing from Latin sēricum, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). Equivalent to silk + -en (“made of”). Cognate with Scots selkin, silkin (“silken”), Icelandic silki (“silken”).