different between chino vs denim

English

Etymology

From American Spanish pantalones chinos ("Chinese pants"), which was later shortened to simply chinos.

Noun

chino (countable and uncountable, plural chinos)

1. A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.

Further reading

• Chino cloth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Choni, chion-, ichno-

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki.no/
• Hyphenation: chì?no

Adjective

chino (feminine china, masculine plural chini, feminine plural chine)

1. lowered, bent, bowed

   Synonyms: curvo, piegato

Verb

chino

1. first-person singular present of chinare

Portuguese

Noun

chino m (plural chinos)

1. (Madeira) Synonym of abatanado
2. (informal) knife

Related terms

• chinar

Verb

chino

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of chinar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??ino/, [?t??i.no]
• Rhymes: -ino

Etymology 1

From China +? -o.

Adjective

chino (feminine china, masculine plural chinos, feminine plural chinas)

1. Chinese

Noun

chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)

1. Chinese person
2. (Latin America) boy, servant

chino m (plural chinos)

1. Chinese (language)
2. (colloquial) gobbledygook (an incomprehensible language)
3. (colloquial, Cuba, uncountable) chickenpox

   Synonym: varicela

4. (colloquial) a Chinese-run establishment
   1. a Chinese restaurant

      Synonym: chifa

   2. (Spain) variety store, pound shop, dollar store (owned by a Chinese immigrant)

      Synonym: bazar chino

5. (colloquial, Spain) heroin (taken by chasing the dragon)

Usage notes

• (variety store): More often used in the plural form with the same meaning. They are called chinos because Chinese citizens own almost all the variety stores in Spain.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Use of enchinar (“to pave”), from en- + china.

Adjective

chino (feminine china, masculine plural chinos, feminine plural chinas)

1. curly

Noun

chino m (plural chinos, feminine china, feminine plural chinas)

1. someone with curly hair

Etymology 3

From Quechua/Kichwa ?ína (“servant girl”).

Noun

chino m (plural chinos)

1. (Colombia) kid

Related terms

• enchinar

Further reading

• “chino” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?n?m/

Noun

denim (uncountable)

1. A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

Derived terms

• denims

Related terms

• jeans

Descendants

• ? Danish: denim
• ? Dutch: denim
• ? Finnish: denimi
• ? Irish: deinim
• ? Japanese: ??? (denimu)

Translations

Anagrams

• EDMIn, Indem., menid, minde, mined

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English denim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?.n?m/, /?d?.n?m/
• Hyphenation: de?nim

Noun

denim n (uncountable)

1. denim

Synonyms

• spijkerstof

French

Etymology

From serge de Nîmes (“serge from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.

Pronunciation

Noun

denim m (plural denims)

1. denim

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?e?n?im?/

Verb

·denim

1. Alternative spelling of ·dénim

Mutation

Spanish

Noun

denim m (uncountable)

1. denim

Turkish

Etymology

From English denim

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de?nim

Noun

denim (definite accusative denimi, plural denimler)

1. denim

Declension

References

• denim in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu