Samt

Concepts

velvet

Synonyms

Sammet

Velvet

Translations

terciopelo

velours

velluto

veludo

fluweel

kadife

velours

βελούδο

vellut

qedîfe

veloúdo

βελουδένια υφή

vellot

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

sammed

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zamt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: samīt

In summary

From older Sammet, from Middle High German samīt, from Old French samit, from Late Latin samitum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάμιτος (hexámitos, literally “six-ply”), from ἕξ (héx) + μίτος (mítos, “thread of the warp”).