velvet
English
/ˈvɛlvɪt/, /ˈvɛlvət/
noun
Definitions
- A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
- Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
- (rare) A female chinchilla; a sow.
- (slang) The drug dextromethorphan.
- (slang) Money acquired by gambling.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English velvet derived from Old Occitan veluet derived from Latin villutittus.
Origin
Latin
villutittus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- breast English
- fish English
- grass English
- leaf English
- unvelvety English
- velour English
- velouté English
- velvetbreast English
- velveteen English
- velvetfish English
- velvetgrass English
- velvetiness English
- velvetleaf English
- velvetlike English
- velvety English
- villus Latin
- villutittus Latin
- villūtus Latin
- Velours German
- floers Dutch, Flemish
- velours French
- velouté French
- велюр Russian
- velour Spanish, Castilian
- velour Portuguese
- ベルベット Japanese
- 別珍 Japanese
- velvet Middle English
- veilbhit Irish
- veilbhitín Irish
- velous Old French
- veluotte Old French
- veluro Esperanto
- velúr Icelandic
- v'lous Norman
- 벨벳 Korean
- veluet Old Occitan