textile

English Online Dictionary. What means textile‎? What does textile mean?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven”), from texō (“weave”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛks.taɪl/

Noun

textile (plural textiles)

1. (usually in the plural) Any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles.
2. (naturism) A non-nudist.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fabric

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “naturism”): naturist

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

textile (comparative more textile, superlative most textile)

1. (naturism) Clothing compulsive.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “naturism”): clothing optional, nude, naturist

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin textile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛk.stil/

Adjective

textile (plural textiles)

1. able to be made into textiles; fibrous [from 1752]
2. (relational) textile [from 1864]

Noun

textile m (plural textiles)

1. textile, fabric [from 1872]
2. (naturism) textile, non-nudist

Descendants

• → Turkish: tekstil

Further reading

• “textile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From textilis (“woven”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtek.sti.le/, [ˈt̪ɛks̠t̪ɪɫ̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtek.sti.le/, [ˈt̪ɛkst̪ile]

Noun

textile n (genitive textilis); third declension

1. fabric, textile, canvas, piece of cloth

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Related terms

Descendants

(all borrowed)

Adjective

textile

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of textilis