denim

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See also: Denim and dénim

English

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denim jeans

Etymology

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From the French phrase de Nîmes (from Nîmes), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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denim (countable and uncountable, plural denims)

  1. A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
    • 1889, William Eleroy Curtis, “The Commerce of Mexico”, in Trade and Transportation Between the United States and Spanish America, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, part first (Trade), chapter section “The cotton trade”, page 31:
      The Mexican people want a cheaper grade of drillings, sheetings, denims, and other fabrics than are called for in our domestic markets, and purchase them in England because they can not be bought in the United States.
    • 1938, Omnibook, page 465:
      Fabrics: Gamine fabrics are informal as possible. For sports: tweeds, flannels, suedes, cottons, and denims;
    • 1946, United States Tariff Commission, Dyes: Prepared in Response to Requests from the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives (War Changes in Industry Series; Report No. 19), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 25:
      Indigo, a typical member of this group of dyes, is widely used on denims and other fabrics for work clothes because of its very low cost and excellent fastness to washing.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Danish: denim
  • Dutch: denim
  • Finnish: denimi
  • Irish: deinim
  • Japanese: デニム (denimu)
  • Korean: 데님 (denim)

Translations

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English denim.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdeː.nɪm/, /ˈdɛ.nɪm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧nim

Noun

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denim n (uncountable)

  1. denim

Synonyms

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French

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Etymology

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From serge de Nîmes (serge from Nîmes), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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denim m (plural denims)

  1. denim

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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·denim

  1. Alternative spelling of ·dénim

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·denim ·denim
pronounced with /-ð(ʲ)-/
·ndenim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

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Noun

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denim m (uncountable)

  1. denim

Turkish

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Etymology

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From English denim.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: de‧nim

Noun

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denim (definite accusative denimi, plural denimler)

  1. denim

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative denim
Definite accusative denimi
Singular Plural
Nominative denim denimler
Definite accusative denimi denimleri
Dative denime denimlere
Locative denimde denimlerde
Ablative denimden denimlerden
Genitive denimin denimlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular denimim denimlerim
2nd singular denimin denimlerin
3rd singular denimi denimleri
1st plural denimimiz denimlerimiz
2nd plural deniminiz denimleriniz
3rd plural denimleri denimleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular denimimi denimlerimi
2nd singular denimini denimlerini
3rd singular denimini denimlerini
1st plural denimimizi denimlerimizi
2nd plural deniminizi denimlerinizi
3rd plural denimlerini denimlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular denimime denimlerime
2nd singular denimine denimlerine
3rd singular denimine denimlerine
1st plural denimimize denimlerimize
2nd plural deniminize denimlerinize
3rd plural denimlerine denimlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular denimimde denimlerimde
2nd singular deniminde denimlerinde
3rd singular deniminde denimlerinde
1st plural denimimizde denimlerimizde
2nd plural deniminizde denimlerinizde
3rd plural denimlerinde denimlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular denimimden denimlerimden
2nd singular deniminden denimlerinden
3rd singular deniminden denimlerinden
1st plural denimimizden denimlerimizden
2nd plural deniminizden denimlerinizden
3rd plural denimlerinden denimlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular denimimin denimlerimin
2nd singular deniminin denimlerinin
3rd singular deniminin denimlerinin
1st plural denimimizin denimlerimizin
2nd plural deniminizin denimlerinizin
3rd plural denimlerinin denimlerinin

References

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  • denim”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu