gingham
pronunciation
How to pronounce gingham in British English:
UK [ˈgɪŋəm]
How to pronounce gingham in American English:
US [ˈɡɪŋəm]
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- Noun:
- a clothing fabric in a plaid weave
Word Origin
- gingham (n.)
- cotton fabric woven of plain dyed yarns, 1610s, from Dutch gingang, a traders' rendering of a Malay word said to be ginggang, meaning "striped" [OED], or else "perishable, fading" [Century Dictionary], used as a noun with the sense of "striped cotton." Also from the same source are French guingan (18c.), Spanish guinga, Italian gingano, German gingang.