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)
- (usually in the plural) Any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles.
- (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)
- (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)
- able to be made into textiles; fibrous [from 1752]
- (relational) textile [from 1864]
Noun
textile m (plural textiles)
- textile, fabric [from 1872]
- (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) IPA(key): /ˈtek.sti.le/, [ˈt̪ɛks̠t̪ɪɫ̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtek.sti.le/, [ˈt̪ɛkst̪ile]
Noun
textile n (genitive textilis); third declension
- fabric, textile, canvas, piece of cloth
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Related terms
Descendants
(all borrowed)
Adjective
textile
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of textilis