different between denim vs dungaree

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

English

Alternative forms

• dungeree (dated)

Etymology

From Hindi ?????? (???gr?, “coarse calico”), from the name of a village.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?d??.????i?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

dungaree (countable and uncountable, plural dungarees)

1. (uncountable) Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.
   • 1833, W. F. W. Owen, Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia and Madagascar (volume 1, page 76)

     This fellow was in the native costume, which is literally worse than nothing, consisting only of a straw tube, about a foot long, with a shred of blue dungaree hanging from its upper end.

   • 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The "Gloria Scott"

     He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn.

2. (plural only) Pants or overalls made from such fabric.
3. attributive form of dungarees

Synonyms

• (heavy denim fabric): canvas, duck, denim

Derived terms

• dungarees

Translations

Anagrams

• Gendreau, renagued, unagreed, underage, ungeared