different between flannelette vs flanel

English

Etymology

flannel +? -ette

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

flannelette (countable and uncountable, plural flannelettes)

1. A type of soft, woven fabric, made to imitate flannel by raising or brushing the fibers in the weft. Frequently used in sleepwear, pillows, and bedding.
   • 1954, Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood (page 6)

     I am a draper mad with love. I love you more than all the flannelette and calico, candlewick, dimity, crash and merino, tussore, cretonne, crepon, muslin, poplin, ticking and twill in the whole Cloth Hall of the world.

2. Something made from this fabric.

   Our flannelettes provide an extra layer between the underquilt and sheets.

Derived terms

• flannie
• flanno

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?flan?l]

Noun

flanel m

1. flannel (cloth material)

Derived terms

• flanelový

Further reading

• flanel in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• flanel in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French flanelle, from English flannel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla??n?l/
• Hyphenation: fla?nel
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

flanel n or m (uncountable)

1. flannel (cloth material)

Derived terms

• flanellen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: flanel

Romanian

Noun

flanel n (plural flanele)

1. Alternative form of flanel?

Declension