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suede

also suède (swād)

1. Leather with a soft napped surface.

2. Fabric made to resemble suede.

[Short for Suède gloves, partial translation of French gants de Suède, gloves of Sweden, from Suède, Sweden.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

suede

(sweɪd)

(Tanning)

a. a leather finished with a fine velvet-like nap, usually on the flesh side of the skin or hide, produced by abrasive action

b. (as modifier): a suede coat.

[C19: from French gants de Suède, literally: gloves from Sweden]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

suede

or suède

(sweɪd)

n., v. sued•ed or suèd•ed, sued•ing or suèd•ing. n.

1. kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface.

2. Also called suede′ cloth`. a fabric with a napped surface suggesting this.

v.t.

3. to treat so as to raise a nap on (leather, cloth, etc.).

v.i.

4. to raise a nap on leather, cloth, etc.

[1855–60; < French (gants de) Suède (gloves from) Sweden]

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Noun	1.	suede - leather with a napped surface suede leather leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
	2.	suede - a fabric made to resemble suede leather suede cloth cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" Ultrasuede - a synthetic suede cloth

Translations

جِلْدُ مُزَأبَرجِلْد ناعِم: شَمْواه

glazérukavičkářská useňsemiš

ruskind

mokkanahka

jelenja koža

antilopbõr

rúskinn

pelle scamosciata scamosciato

スエード

스웨이드 가죽

zamšs

glacé

mocka

หนังกลับชนิดนิ่ม

süet

da lộn

小山羊皮小羊皮小羊皮的

suede

suède [sweɪd]

A. N → ante m

B. CPD → de ante
suede gloves NPL → guantes mpl de ante
suede shoes NPL → zapatos mpl de ante

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

suede

[ˈsweɪd]

n → daim m, cuir m suédé

modif [boots, shoes, skirt] → en daim
a suede jacket → une veste en daim

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

suede

n → Wildleder nt; (soft, fine also) → Velours(leder) nt

adj → Wildleder-, aus Wildleder; (of finer quality also) → Velours(leder)-, aus Velours(leder); suede boots → Wildleder-/Velours(leder)stiefel pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

suede

[sweɪd]

1. n → pelle f scamosciata

2. adj → scamosciato/a

suede,

suède

(sweid) noun, adjective

(of) leather from a sheep or lamb etc with a soft, rough surface. suede shoes.

suede

→ جِلْدُ مُزَأبَر semiš ruskind Wildleder καστόρι ante mokkanahka daim jelenja koža pelle scamosciata スエード 스웨이드 가죽 suède semsket skinn zamsz camurça замша mocka หนังกลับชนิดนิ่ม süet da lộn 小山羊皮

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