cashmere

See also: Cashmere

English

Etymology

Appellativisation of Cashmere.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæʃ.mɪə/, /kæʃˈmɪə/
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(US) IPA^(key): /kæʒˈmiɹ/, /ˈkæʒ.miɹ/, /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/, /kæʃˈmiɹ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

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cashmere

cashmere (usually uncountable, plural cashmeres)

(chiefly uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
Hypernym: goathair
(chiefly uncountable) A soft fabric made of this wool.
a cashmere sweater
(countable) A rich kind of shawl made from this wool.
(countable, by extension) Any similar shawl.

Derived terms

Translations

fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat

Bulgarian: кашмирска вълна f (kašmirska vǎlna)
Catalan: caixmir m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 茄士咩 (ke¹ si⁶ me¹)

Mandarin: 開司米／开司米 (zh) (kāisīmǐ)
Danish: cashmereuld c
Finnish: pashminavilla, kašmirvilla (fi)
French: cachemire (fr)
Hindi: काश्मीरा (hi) m (kāśmīrā)
Hungarian: kasmír (hu)
Italian: cachemire m
Japanese: カシミヤ (kashimiya)
Kalmyk: кашмр (kaşmr)
Mongolian: ямааны ноолуур (jamaany nooluur)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kasjmir m

Nynorsk: kasjmir m
Polish: kaszmir (pl) m
Portuguese: casimira (pt) f, caxemira (pt)
Russian: кашеми́р (ru) m (kašemír)
Spanish: cachemira (es) f
Swedish: kashmir (sv) n or c, kaschmir (sv) n or c
Turkish: kaşmir (tr)

soft fabric made of wool

Afrikaans: kasjmier, kassemier
Bulgarian: кашмир m (kašmir)
Catalan: caixmir m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 茄士咩 (ke¹ si⁶ me¹)

Mandarin: 開司米／开司米 (zh) (kāisīmǐ)
Finnish: kašmirvilla (fi)
French: cachemire (fr) m
Greek: κασμίρι (el) n (kasmíri)
Hindi: काश्मीरा (hi) m (kāśmīrā)
Hungarian: kasmír (hu)
Japanese: カシミヤ (kashimiya)
Kalmyk: кашмр (kaşmr)
Mongolian: ноолууран эдлэл (nooluuran edlel), ноолууран даавуу (nooluuran daavuu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kasjmir m

Nynorsk: kasjmir m
Polish: kaszmir (pl) m
Russian: кашеми́р (ru) m (kašemír)
Turkish: kaşmir (tr)

a shawl made from cashmere

Afrikaans: kasjmiersjall

See also

pashmina

Anagrams

Marchese, search me, machrees, marchese, Remaches, macheers

French

Noun

cashmere m (plural cashmeres)

Alternative spelling of cachemire

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