velvet
pronunciation
How to pronounce velvet in British English:
UK [ˈvelvɪt]
How to pronounce velvet in American English:
US [ˈvelvɪt]
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- Noun:
- a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
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- Adjective:
- smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
- resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface
Word Origin
- velvet
- velvet: [14] Velvet is etymologically a ‘hairy’ or ‘downy’ fabric. Its ultimate ancestor is Latin villus ‘hair, down’, which also produced English velours [18]. From it was derived medieval Latin villūtus ‘shaggy’, which passed into Old French as velu ‘velvety’. And this in turn formed the basis of a noun veluotte, from which English got velvet. The derivative velveteen dates from the 18th century.=> velours
- velvet (n.)
- early 14c., probably from Old Provençal veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of Vulgar Latin *villutus "velvet," literally "shaggy cloth," from Latin villus "shaggy hair, nap of cloth, tuft of hair," probably a dialectal variant of vellus "fleece," from PIE *wel-no-, suffixed form of root *wel- (4) "to tear, pull" (see svelte).
Example
- 1. Yet after its velvet revolution , it surely was .
- 2. Eg. this textile feels like velvet .
- 3. Jodhpurs curved to the waist and velvet vests were snug .
- 4. After the velvet revolution of 1989 , czech breweries shifted to private hands .
- 5. A more masculine vision had velvet pants and jackets embossed as if on leather .