different between fleece vs jersey

English

Etymology

From Middle English flees, flese, flus, fleos, from Old English fl?os, fl?es, fl?s, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /fli?s/
• Rhymes: -i?s

Noun

fleece (countable and uncountable, plural fleeces)

1. (uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
2. (uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached
3. (countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
4. (countable) An insulating wooly jacket
5. (roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
6. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
7. The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

Derived terms

• fleeceless
• fleecewear
• fleece wool
• fleecy
• Golden Fleece

Translations

Verb

fleece (third-person singular simple present fleeces, present participle fleecing, simple past and past participle fleeced)

1. (transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.
2. (transitive) To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).

3. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.

Translations

See also

• (con): nickel and dime

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fleece.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fli?si/, [?fli?s?i]
• IPA^(key): /?fli?s/, [?fli?s?] (often in compound terms)

Noun

fleece

1. Alternative spelling of fliisi

Usage notes

• As is the case with many loanwords, the inflection of this term is problematic. Kotus recommends "nalle" - category in writing, as shown above, but in speech the declension usually follows "risti" -category, see the declension table for fliisi.

Declension

English

Etymology

From a typical fisherman's sweater used on the island of Jersey.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???zi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??zi/
• Rhymes: -??(?)zi
• Hyphenation: jer?sey

Noun

jersey (countable and uncountable, plural jerseys)

1. (countable) A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.

   Synonym: jumper, pullover, sweater

2. (countable) A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype.

   Synonym: (Australian) guernsey

3. (uncountable) A type of fabric knit

Derived terms

• green jersey
• yellow jersey

Translations

Further reading

• Jersey (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?ø?zi/ (in imitation of original pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): /?jersey/, [?je?rs?e?y] (Finnicized pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): /?jersei?/, [?je?rs?e?i?] (Finnicized pronunciation)

Noun

jersey

1. jersey (type of fabric knit)

   Synonym: jerseyneulos

Usage notes

• Many of the inflected forms are somewhat awkward to use, but corresponding forms of the synonymous jerseyneulos can be substituted for them.

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.z?/

Noun

jersey m (plural jerseys)

1. jersey

Further reading

• “jersey” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Alternative forms

• yérsey, yersi (Latin America)

Etymology

From English jersey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xe?sei/, [?xe?.sei?]

Noun

jersey m (plural jerséis)

1. sweater, pullover

   Synonyms: suéter, chomba