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Meaning of Velvet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ˈvɛlvɪt

Definitions

A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
countable, uncountable
Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
countable, uncountable
A female chinchilla; a sow.
countable, rare
The drug dextromethorphan.
slang, uncountable
Money acquired by gambling.
slang, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية القطيفة قطيفة مخمل

Azərbaycanca məxmər

Беларуская аксаміт

Български кадифе

Bosanski baršun kadifa sȁmt баршун пух

Català vellut

Čeština samet

Cymraeg melfed

Dansk bast fløjl

Deutsch (das Geweih) fegen die Krallen einziehen mildern Samt verfegen

Ελληνικά βελούδο

Esperanto veluro

Español terciopelo velludillo velludo veludillo veludo

Eesti samet

فارسی مخمل

Suomi sametti

Français duvet velours velours (on antlers) velvet

Gaeilge veilbhit

Gàidhlig meileabhaid

עברית קטיפה

हिन्दी मख़मल

Hrvatski baršun kadifa sȁmt баршун пух

Magyar bársony

Հայերեն թավիշ

Bahasa Indonesia beludru

Íslenska flauel

Italiano velluto

日本語ビロードベルベット天鵞絨角袋

ქართული ხავერდი

Қазақша барқыт мақпал

ខ្មែរ កម្ញី

한국어 벨벳 우단

Lëtzebuergesch Samett

ລາວ ກຳມະຫຍີ່

Lietuvių aksomas

Latviešu samts

Македонски кадифе кадифен сомот

Монгол хилэн

Bahasa Melayu baldu

Malti bellus

မြန်မာဘာသာ ကတ္တီပါ

Nederlands fluweel

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮਖਮਲ

Polski aksamit aksamitny

پښتو بخمل

Português veludo

Română catifea

Русский аксамит бархат бархатный вельвет велюр пух пушок

Slovenčina zamat

Slovenščina žamet

Shqip kadife

Српски baršun kadifa sȁmt баршун пух

Svenska basthud sammet

Kiswahili mahameli

ไทย กำมะหยี

Tagalog pelus

Türkçe kadife

ئۇيغۇرچە مەخمەل

Українська бархат оксамит

اردو مخمل

Tiếng Việt nhưng nhung

Examples

“For the first time since her husband's death, she had thrown off her weeds, and put on attire more suited to the occasion. She was richly, yet plainly dressed, in a purple velvet, with a hood of white point lace. Even her silent handmaids were surprised out of their ordinary propriety by her appearance.”

“She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace,[…]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […] all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.”

“His [a hart's] head when it commeth firſt out, hath a ruſſet pyll vpon it, the which is called Veluet, […]”

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