denim
pronunciation
How to pronounce denim in British English:
UK [ˈdenɪm]
How to pronounce denim in American English:
US [ˈdɛnɪm]
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- Noun:
- (usually plural) close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear
- a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
Word Origin
- denim
- denim: [17] The name of the fabric from which jeans are made had its origins in a sort of serge produced in the southern French town of Nîmes. The French naturally enough called it serge de Nîmes, but the original meaning of this soon became lost when English borrowed it as serge de Nim, and the last two words came to be run together as denim.
- denim (n.)
- 1690s, from French serge de Nîmes "serge from Nîmes," town in southern France. Application to "coarse cotton cloth" is first recorded 1850 in American English. Denims "pants made of denim" recorded from 1868. The place name is Roman Nemausus, said to be ultimately from Gaulish nemo "sanctuary."
Example
- 1. A printed tee with faded stretch denim jean ?
- 2. Vietnam does not produce denim , but indonesia does , and its denim can be exported tariff-free within asean to sew into jeans .
- 3. Denim is one of those every day fabrics that we often take for granted .
- 4. You 'll now have eight pieces of denim .
- 5. The appealingly soft textures and faded colours of worn denim make it the perfect fabric to sew into " new " things .