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Webster 1913 Edition

Denim

Den′im

(dĕn′ĭm)

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Noun.

[Of uncertain origin.]

A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.

Definition 2025

denim

denim

See also: dénim

English

Noun

denim ‎(uncountable)

A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

Related terms

jeans

Translations

textile with diagonal pattern

Armenian: ջինս (hy) ‎(ǰins)
Bulgarian: деним m ‎(denim)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 牛仔布 ‎(niúzǎibù) (cowboy cloth), 丹寧布, 丹宁布 ‎(dānníng bù)
Dutch: denim n, spijkerstof (nl) n
Finnish: denimi, farkkukangas (fi)
French: denim (fr) m
German: Denim f
Greek: τζην n ‎(tzin)
Icelandic: dením n
Irish: deinim f, géin f
Japanese: デニム ‎(denimu), ジージャン ‎(jījan), Ｇジャン ‎(jī-jan)
Korean: 데님 ‎(denim)
Luxembourgish: Jeans f

Macedonian: тексас m ‎(téksas)
Maori: tāngari
Norman: dgêne m
Persian: جین (fa) ‎(jin)
Polish: dżins (pl) m, jeans (pl) m, teksas (pl) m
Portuguese: jeans m
Russian: дени́м (ru) m ‎(dɛním), джи́нсовая ткань f ‎(džínsovaja tkanʹ), джинс (ru) m ‎(džins)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: тексас m

Latin: teksas (sh) m
Spanish: mezclilla f, tela tejana
Swedish: jeans (sv), denim (sv)
Tagalog: maong
Turkish: denim (tr), kot (tr), blucin (tr)

Descendants

Finnish: denimi
Irish: deinim
Japanese: デニム ‎(denimu)

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: de‧nim

Etymology

Borrowing from English denim.

Noun

denim n ‎(uncountable)

denim

Synonyms

spijkerstof

French

Noun

denim m ‎(plural denims)

denim

Spanish

Noun

denim m ‎(uncountable)

denim