sequin
pronunciation
How to pronounce sequin in British English:
UK [ˈsi:kwɪn]
How to pronounce sequin in American English:
US ['sikwɪn]
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- Noun:
- adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing
Word Origin
- sequin
- sequin: [17] When English first adopted sequin, it was the name of a coin. Its ultimate ancestor was Arabic sikkah, which denoted a die from which coins were minted (in Anglo-Indian English from the 17th to the 19th century, a sicca was a newly minted rupee). Italian took the word over as zecca, and created a diminutive form zecchino, referring to a gold coin.The original application was specifically to a Venetian coin, but this subsequently broadened out, and the term was also used for a Turkish coin (alternatively known as a sultanin). In French, zecchino became sequin, which is the form in which English acquired it. The word might well have followed the coin into oblivion, but in the late 19th century it managed to get itself applied to the small round shiny pieces of metal applied to clothing, and its continued existence was guaranteed.
- sequin (n.)
- 1610s, name of a former Italian and Turkish gold coin, from French sequin (17c.), from Italian zecchino, name of a Venetian coin, from zecca "a mint," from Arabic sikkah "a minting die." Meaning "ornamental disc or spangle" is first recorded 1882, from resemblance to a gold coin. Related: Sequined (1890).
Example
- 1. Series of sequin embroidery and cording embroidery devices .
- 2. Translation software will allow fans without a language in common to chat about changing the world one sequin at a time .
- 3. And to think , every single sequin on carlene 's dress was sewn on by hand by her mother , doreen !
- 4. A marc jacobs gilda fur and sequin flap bag that sells in japan for 249900 yen , or $ 2966 , is $ 1995 in the u. s.