different between chino vs twill

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

Alternative forms

• tweel

Etymology

From Middle English twyll, twylle, from Old English twilic (“two-threaded”), a partial calque of Latin bilix, bilic-, from bis (“twice”) + licium (“thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tw?l/
• Rhymes: -?l
• Homophone: 'twill

Noun

twill (countable and uncountable, plural twills)

1. (weaving) A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.
   • 1973, P. R. Lord, M. H. Mohamed, Weaving: Conversion of Yarn to Fabric, 2nd Edition, page 167,

     The twill weave is always given a direction; a right-hand twill is one in which the twill line runs from bottom left to top right and a left-hand twill is one in which the twill line runs from bottom right to top left. The angle of the twill is determined by the amount of shift in the points of interlacing.

   • 2000, Walter S. Sondhelm, 4: Technical fabric structures - 1. Woven fabrics, A. Richard Horrocks, Subhash C. Anand (editors), Handbook of Technical Textiles, page 68,

     Industrial uses of twill fabrics are mainly restricted to simple twills and only simple twills are described here. Broken twills, waved twills, herringbone twills and elongated twills are extensively used for suiting and dress fabrics.

   • 2002, Dianne Rose Jackman, Mary K. Dixon, Jill Condra, The Guide to Textiles for Interiors, page 98,

     Herringbone fabrics are a twill variation having the twill line reversed at regular intervals.

2. A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern.
   • 2006, Mark Montano, Carly Sommerstein, Window Treatments and Slipcovers For Dummies, page 33,

     Plain cotton twills, such as canvas, sailcloth, and denim, in mediumweight fabrics, can be a good choice for informal rooms that receive considerable wear and tear, such as rec rooms, dens, playrooms, or children's bedrooms.

Derived terms

• twill tape

Translations

Verb

twill (third-person singular simple present twills, present participle twilling, simple past and past participle twilled)

1. (transitive) To weave (cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.

Derived terms

• twilled