satin
pronunciation
How to pronounce satin in British English:
UK [ˈsætɪn]
How to pronounce satin in American English:
US [ˈsætn]
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- Noun:
- a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back
Word Origin
- satin
- satin: [14] Like many other fabric names, satin betrays the fabric’s place of origin, although only after a little digging. It comes via Old French satin from Arabic zaitūnī, which denoted ‘of Zaitun’ – and Zaitun was the Arabic rendering of Tseutung, the former name of a port (now Tsinkiang) in southern China from which satin was exported. Sateen [19] is an alteration of satin, on the model of velveteen.
- satin (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French satin (14c.), perhaps from Arabic (atlas) zaytuni, literally "(satin) from Zaitun," a Chinese city, perhaps modern Quanzhou in Fukien province, southern China, a major port in the Middle Ages, with a resident community of European traders. The form of the word perhaps influenced in French by Latin seta "silk." OED finds the Arabic connection etymologically untenable and takes the French word straight from Latin. As an adjective from mid-15c.
Example
- 1. She spread the white satin gown on the art-room floor .
- 2. Me , too . And I like that satin bow .
- 3. Once again , in my blue satin dress , I was completely out of place .
- 4. Proudly , the woman flashed me their purple soles and told me of the quilted purple silk satin bags they were sold in .
- 5. Even the throw pillows appeared unchanged , skinned in greasy satin and leaning against the headboard the same way his and beth 's heads had leaned on a cold autumn night .