macramé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French macramé, from Italian macramè, from Turkish makreme, from Arabic مِقْرَمَة (miqrama, “ornamental fringe, embroidered veil”), from مِقْرَم (miqram, “bedspread”) [1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmækɹəˌmeɪ/
- Rhymes: -əmeɪ
- IPA(key): /məˈkɹɑːmi/
- Rhymes: -ɑːmi
Noun
macramé (countable and uncountable, plural macramés)
- A form of decorative textile made by knotting and weaving.
Translations
Verb
macramé (third-person singular simple present macramés, present participle macraméing, simple past and past participle macraméed or macraméd)
- To create textiles using the macramé technique.
French
Etymology
Italian macramè, from Turkish makreme, from Arabic مِقْرَمَة (miqrama, “ornamental fringe, embroidered veil”), from مِقْرَم (miqram, “bedspread”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.kʁa.me/
Further reading
- “macramé” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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