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Dictionary: jac·quard
also Jac·quard (jăk'ärd', jə-kärd') pronunciation
n.
  1. A fabric with an intricately woven pattern.
  2. A special loom or the method employed in the weaving of a figured fabric.

[After Joseph Marie JACQUARD.]

jacquard jac'quard' adj.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
  Synonyms: Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - jacquard, mønster

Nederlands (Dutch)
jacquard(machine/ -weefsel)

Français (French)
n. - jacquard (métier à tisser)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Jacquardwebstuhl

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (πλέξη) ζακάρ

Italiano (Italian)
stampo da tessuti

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tipo de tecido (m)

Русский (Russian)
жаккардовый ткацкий станок, ткань жаккардового переплетения

Español (Spanish)
n. - tejido intrincado y jaspeado, jacquard, tela de jaquard

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - jacquard

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
花布织机

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 花布織機

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 여러 가지 무늬를 짜 넣은 직물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ジャカード紋織地, ジャカード紋織機
adj. - ジャカード織の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نول جاكار لنسج االقمشه المصورة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ז'קאר (התקן לאריגת בדים מצויירים)‬


 
 
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