(hōm'spŭn') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Spun or woven in the home: homespun linen.
  2. Made of a homespun fabric: a homespun tablecloth.
  3. Simple and homely; unpretentious: "Most small towns would have gladly forfeited some of their homespun values if it meant luring a firm there" (William Mueller).
n.
  1. A plain, coarse, usually woolen cloth made of homespun yarn.
  2. A similar sturdy fabric made on a power loom.

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adjective

    Of a plain and unsophisticated nature: artless, homely, natural, rustic, unadorned, unpolished. See plain/fancy.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hjemmevævet
n. - hjemmevævet tøj

Nederlands (Dutch)
zelf gesponnen, ongekunsteld, eenvoudig, praktisch

Français (French)
adj. - filé/tissé (à la maison), fait d'un tissé de fabrication domestique, fait maison, simple, modeste
n. - (Tex) textile tissé à la maison, tissu de fabrication domestique, rustre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - selbstgesponnen, einfach
n. - Homespun

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (για υφάσματα) χειροποίητος, (μτφ.) απλός

Italiano (Italian)
tessuto in casa, senza pretese

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tecido em casa, despretencioso

Русский (Russian)
домотканный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - casero, tejido en casa, sencillo
n. - vestimenta tejida en casa

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - enkel, hemvävd (äv. bildl), hemspunnen, grov

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
家里纺织的, 简朴的, 普通的, 手织的, 手织品, 土布

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 家裡紡織的, 簡樸的, 普通的, 手織的
n. - 手織品, 土布

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 손으로 짠, 소박한
n. - 수직물

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 手で紡いだ, 手織りの, 素朴な, 平凡な
n. - ホームスパン, 素朴さ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بيتي النسيج أو الصنع, مصنوع من نسيج صوفي أو كتاني بيتي, شعبي أو عامي, بسيط أو غير متكلف, عملي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮טווי בבית (אריג)‬
n. - ‮דבר רגיל, דבר פשוט, אריג שנטווה בבית‬


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