different between grogran vs grogram

English

Noun

grogran (countable and uncountable, plural grograns)

1. Alternative form of grogram

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gros-grain (“coarse grain, a strong fabric”), from gros (“coarse”) + grain (“grain”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?erh?- (“to grow old, mature”)). The word is a doublet of grosgrain which was borrowed later.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???????m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???????m/
• Hyphenation: gro?gram

Noun

grogram (countable and uncountable, plural grograms)

1. A strong, rough fabric made up of a mixture of silk, and mohair or wool.
2. A garment made from this fabric.

Alternative forms

• grogran

Hypernyms

• grosgrain (“corded fabric with the weft heavier than the warp”)

Derived terms

• grog (speculatively)

Descendants

• ? French: gourgouran
  • ? Catalan: gorgorà
  • ? Portuguese: gorgorão
  • ? Spanish: gorgorán

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References

Further reading

• grosgrain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• grogram at OneLook Dictionary Search