different between satin vs burlap

English

Etymology

From French satin, which is derived from "Zaitun", the Arabic name for the Chinese city of Quanzhou, itself derived from Arabic ????????? (zayt?n, “Zayton; olive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæt?n/
• Rhymes: -æt?n

Noun

satin (countable and uncountable, plural satins)

1. A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
   • 1878, Henry Yule, "Chinchew" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 673:

     Ibn Batuta informs us that a rich silk texture made here was called Zaitûniya; and there can be little doubt that this is the real origin of our word Satin,—Zettani in mediæval Italian, Aceytuni in Spanish.

Derived terms

Related terms

• sateen

Translations

Adjective

satin (not comparable)

1. Semigloss.

Translations

Verb

satin (third-person singular simple present satins, present participle satining, simple past and past participle satined)

1. (transitive) To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin.

Further reading

• satin at OneLook Dictionary Search

References

Anagrams

• Astin, Insta, Saint, Santi, Sinta, Tanis, Tians, antis, insta-, saint, stain, stian, tians, tisan

Cebuano

Etymology

From English satin, from Old French satin, from Italian setino, probably via unattested Late Latin s?t?nus (“silken [cloth]”), from Latin s?t?.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa?tin

Noun

satin

1. satin

Italian

Noun

satin m (invariable)

1. satin

   Synonyms: raso, setino, zetani, (obsolete) zettani

Derived terms

• satinato

Anagrams

• santi, stani

Latin

Etymology

Contraction of satisne.

Adverb

satin (not comparable)

1. introducing questions

References

• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Romanian

Etymology

From French satin.

Noun

satin n (uncountable)

1. satin

Declension

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Attested since about 1695 in the spelling bore-lap, borelapp. Likely from burel (“a coarse woollen cloth”) +? lap (“flap of a garment”), where the first element is from Middle English burel, borel. Others feel that "its character and time of appearance makes a Dutch origin very likely" (and the earliest references as to its importation from the Netherlands); the NED suggests derivation from Dutch boenlap (“coarse, rubbing linen or cloth”) with the first element perhaps confused with boer; Bense instead suggests derivation from an unattested Dutch *boerenlap, where *boeren supposedly has an extended sense of "coarse" as in Dutch boerenkost (“coarse, heavy food as is eaten by farmers”) and boerengoed (from Dutch boer (“farmer, peasant”); compare English boor), though this word is not attested.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?læp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??læp/

Noun

burlap (countable and uncountable, plural burlaps)

1. (US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.

   Synonyms: (UK) hessian, (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago) crocus

Translations

Verb

burlap (third-person singular simple present burlaps, present participle burlapping, simple past and past participle burlapped)

1. (transitive) To wrap or cover in burlap.

See also

• sackcloth

References