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grosgrain

 
Dictionary: gros·grain   (grō'grān') pronunciation

n.
  1. A closely woven silk or rayon fabric with narrow horizontal ribs.
  2. A ribbon made of this fabric.

[French gros grain, coarse texture : gros, coarse, thick (from Old French; see gross) + grain, texture, grain (from Old French graine, grain, seed; see grain).]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - grosgrain

Nederlands (Dutch)
grof materiaal van zijde/mohair/wol

Français (French)
n. - (Tex) gros-grain

Deutsch (German)
n. - grob gerippter Stoff

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γκρο-γκραιν

Italiano (Italian)
gros-grain (forte tessuto in seta)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gorgorão (m)

Русский (Russian)
разновидность шелковой ткани

Español (Spanish)
n. - gro, gorgorán

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - grosgrain (textil)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
罗缎

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 羅緞

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 그로그랭 (굵게 골 진 비단), 그로그랭 리본

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - グログラン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نوع من القماش الحريري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משי עבה עם חוטי כותנה ברוחב (לסרט עיבוד)‬


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