leather

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
2. (countable, uncountable) A piece of the above used for polishing.
3. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) A cricket ball or football.
4. (countable, plural, uncountable) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
5. (countable, uncountable) A good defensive play
6. (countable, uncountable) A punch.
7. (countable, dated, humorous, uncountable) The skin.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of fruit leather.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Made of leather.
2. (not-comparable) Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
3. (not-comparable) Referring to an establishment of familial relations through agreed sexual or romantic deviance.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover with leather.
2. (ambitransitive) To form a leathery surface (on).
3. (transitive) To strike forcefully.
4. (transitive) To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.

Concepts

cuir

peau

de cuir

écorce

épiderme

fourrure

en cuir

peau de vache

tégument

du cuir

alène

des cuirs

couche

🛏️

cuire

🧑‍🍳

enveloppe

✉️

Synonymes

skin

hide

pelt

fur

animal skin

bark

leathern

shell

🐚

crust

tanned animal hide

integument

peel

exuviae

flesh

🥩

force

husk

needle

parchment

rawhide

rind

sheepskin

strap

tanning

target

tegument

thrash

vellum

leather-dressing

strip of leather

such as milk

leather-

awl

beat

belt

boots

buckskin

cover

cowhide

cutis

deerskin

derma

dermis

Traductions

Leder

cuero

leer

piel

leder

Haut

leren

deri

ledern

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlɛðə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: lether

Hérité de ancien anglais: leþer

Appartenant à frison occidental: leare

Appartenant à bas-allemand: Leder

Appartenant à néerlandais: leder

Appartenant à allemand: Leder

Appartenant à danois: læder

Appartenant à suédois: läder

Appartenant à islandais: leður

In summary

From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro-.
Cognate with West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”).