woolen

Meaning

Adj

1. (US, not-comparable) Made of wool.
2. (US, not-comparable) Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths.

Noun

An item of clothing made from wool.

Synonyms

woollen

wool

woolly

woollen

wooly

wooly

woolly

fleece

knitted

kinky

fleecy

of wool

woolly-haired

wooly-haired

sweater

knitwear

villa

weaved

Translations

di lana

wollen

wollen

μάλλινος

Wollware

lanero

de lana

laneus

en laine

de lã

wollig

Wollstoff

صوفائ

صوفاؤ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwʊlən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wollen

Inherited from Old English: wyllen

Cognate with Scots: wollin

Cognate with Dutch: wollen

Cognate with German: wollen

Cognate with Danish: uldne

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: ullen

In summary

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”).