Polyglot Dictionary

veludo-cotelê

/veˌluduˈkotele/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. corduroy

    Built from veludo (velvet) + cotelê (cord).

    • Calça de veludo-cotelê.

      Corduroy trousers.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • veludo velvet
  • cotelê cord

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Cord

Cord is the German word for the same thing — both mean "corduroy."

Spanish

pana

pana is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "corduroy."

Practice

1 What does veludo-cotelê mean?

2 Fill the gap: Calça de ___-cotelê.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches veludo-cotelê?

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