dentelle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dentelle.

Noun

dentelle (plural dentelles)

  1. (bookbinding) An ornamental tooling like lace.

References

  • 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
  • dentelle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Etymology

From dent +‎ -elle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑ̃.tɛl/
  • (file)

Noun

dentelle f (plural dentelles)

  1. lace

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Arabic: دَانْتِيل‎ (dāntīl), دَانْتِل‎ (dāntil)
  • → Bulgarian: данте́ла (dantéla)
  • → English: dentelle
  • → Macedonian: тантела (tantela)
  • → Persian: دانتل‎ (dântel)
  • → Romanian: dantelă
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دانتله‎ (dantele), دانته‌لا‎ (dantelâ, dantela), تنتنه‎ (tentene)

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