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Foulard

Noun CEFR B1
fuːˈlɑːd

Definitions

  1. A lightweight silk or silk-and-cotton fabric, often with a printed pattern.
  2. A piece of clothing, or a handkerchief, made with this fabric.

Equivalents

Françaisfoulard
Portuguêsfoulard
Italianofoulard
3 more languages
العربيةالفولار
Polskifular
Türkçefular

Examples

The Empress and the little Grand Duchess wore simple suits of foulard (or foulard silk, I don't know which is proper,) with a small blue spot in it […]”
“A lot of foulard tie bulged out and was rain-spotted above his crossed lapels.”
“"Frammis on the Antispode": The doubletalk heading this paragraph takes the sting out of Mr. Ruark's comment, even if his gay colored foulard Sinatra bow tie didn't contradict his comment[.]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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