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Czech

Noun

muslim m

1. Muslim

Declension

Synonyms

• mohamedán

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (muslim), the Form IV active participle of the triliteral root S-L-M "to be whole, intact".

Noun

muslim c (singular definite muslimen, plural indefinite muslimer)

1. Muslim

Inflection

Synonyms

• muhamedaner (antiquated)
• muselmand (also antiquated)

Estonian

Noun

muslim (genitive muslimi, partitive muslimit)

1. Muslim

Declension

Synonyms

• moslem
• muhameedlane

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (muslim)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?sli?m/, /m??li?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m

Noun

muslim m (definite singular muslimen, indefinite plural muslimer, definite plural muslimene)

1. a Muslim

Derived terms

• muslimisme
• muslimsk

References

• “muslim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (muslim)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??sli?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m

Noun

muslim m (definite singular muslimen, indefinite plural muslimar, definite plural muslimane)

1. a Muslim

Derived terms

• muslimsk

References

• “muslim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mus.l?im/

Noun

muslim m pers

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Muslim

Declension

Synonyms

• (non-derogatory): muzu?manin

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mosleme (dated, rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ???????? (muslim).

Noun

muslim m (plural muslins)

1. (chiefly dated) Muslim (follower of the Islamic religion)

   Synonyms: muçulmano, maometano, islamita

Adjective

muslim m or f (plural muslins, comparable)

1. (chiefly dated) Muslim; Islamic (relating to the Islamic religion)

   Synonyms: muçulmano, maometano, islâmico

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?sli?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m

Noun

muslim c

1. Muslim

Declension

English

Etymology

From French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Mussolo (“Mosul”), that is Mosul in northern Iraq (compare 1875 Knight, Edward H., Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, V2 p1502: "Muslins are so called from Moussol in India.")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?z.l?n/

Noun

muslin (usually uncountable, plural muslins)

1. (textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 11:

     ... my pupils leave off their thick shoes and tight old tartan pelisses, and wear silk stockings and muslin frocks, as fashionable baronets' daughters should.

   • 1875, Edward H. Knight, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, Vol.2 p.1502:

     A bleached or unbleached thin white cotton cloth, unprinted and undyed. [Nineteen varieties are thereafter listed.]

   • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.

2. (US) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
   • 1875, Edward H. Knight, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, Vol.2 pp.1502?3:

     Other very different styles of fabric are now indifferently called muslins, and the term is used differently on the respective sides of the Atlantic.

3. Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
4. (US) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
5. (countable) A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.
6. Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica.

Derived terms

• butter muslin
• See muslin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Translations

References

• muslin at OneLook Dictionary Search
• muslin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Sumlin, ulmins, unslim