velours

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (invariable, masculine) velvet
2. (invariable, masculine) synonym of héliotrope argenté (“velvetleaf soldierbush”) (Heliotropium arboreum)

Sinonieme

duvet

velouté

pruine

Vertalings

velvet

terciopelo

velluto

veludo

Samt

fluweel

kadife

velours

βελούδο

velour

vellut

Sammet

velours

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/və.luʁ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old French: velor

Verwante met Engels: velvet

In summary

Inherited from Old French velor, an alteration of velos, either from velu (“hairy”) + -os (“-ous”), or a borrowing from Old Occitan velos; either way, from Latin villus. Cognate with English velvet and a doublet of villeux.