Etymology

Borrowing from French flanelle, from a diminutive of Old French flaine, floene ‎(“coarse wool”), from Gaulish vlanā ‎(“wool”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Cognate to Portuguese lã, English wool, Welsh gwlân.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fla.ˈnɛ.la/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐ.ˈnɛ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: fla‧ne‧la