What does "marocain" mean?
A heavy crepe fabric of silk, wool, or both, having a cross-ribbed texture, used for apparel.
Marocain
/ˌmæɹəˈkeɪn/ name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A heavy crepe fabric of silk, wool, or both, having a cross-ribbed texture, used for apparel.
- Grammar: marocain is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: citizen of morocco, crepe marocain, diasporic moroccan, maghrebi.
- Useful contrasts: foreign, foreign inspired, non Moroccan.
- Usage evidence: For summer tailored costumes it will be unequalled. "Toile Marocain," is a quite new fabric neither silk nor wool, but a special mixture of silk and goat's wool, that resembles the coarse stuff the native Arabs use in making their great burnouse—a hooded cape—and it comes in plain colors, particularly elephant gray, adapted to tailored costumes; and it is produced in chinè weaves with a Toile de Jouy effect, for little jackets and waistcoats.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A heavy crepe fabric of silk, wool, or both, having a cross-ribbed texture, used for apparel. countable, uncountable
"For summer tailored costumes it will be unequalled. "Toile Marocain," is a quite new fabric neither silk nor wool, but a special mixture of silk and goat's wool, that resembles the coarse stuff the native Arabs use in making their great burnouse—a hooded cape—and it comes in plain colors, particularly elephant gray, adapted to tailored costumes; and it is produced in chinè weaves with a Toile de Jouy effect, for little jackets and waistcoats."
- 2 a dress crepe; similar to Canton crepe wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A variety of grape.
"Gros Maroc (Marocain).—Bunches large, long, and shouldered, and with a long stalk. Berries large and oval. Skin thick, of a deep reddish-purple, and covered with an abundant blue bloom. Flesh tender, sweet, and richly flavoured."
- 2 A name used for two unrelated varieties of French wine grape, carignan and cinsault.
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Example
"For summer tailored costumes it will be unequalled. "Toile Marocain," is a quite new fabric neither silk nor wool, but a special mixture of silk and goat's wool, that resembles the coarse stuff the native Arabs use in making their great burnouse—a hooded cape—and it comes in plain colors, particularly elephant gray, adapted to tailored costumes; and it is produced in chinè weaves with a Toile de Jouy effect, for little jackets and waistcoats."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "marocain"?
Common synonyms include: citizen of morocco, crepe marocain, diasporic moroccan, maghrebi, moroccan, moroccan expatriate.
How do you use "marocain" in a sentence?
For summer tailored costumes it will be unequalled. "Toile Marocain," is a quite new fabric neither silk nor wool, but a special mixture of silk and goat's wool, that resembles the coarse stuff the native Arabs use in making their great burnouse—a hooded cape—and it comes in plain colors, particularly elephant gray, adapted to tailored costumes; and it is produced in chinè weaves with a Toile de Jouy effect, for little jackets and waistcoats.
How do you pronounce "marocain"?
Pronounced /ˌmæɹəˈkeɪn/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French marocain (“Moroccan”), from Maroc (“Morocco”) (from Medieval Latin Marrochium (“the city of Marrakech, the former capital of Morocco”)) + -ain (suffix forming demonyms).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French Marocain (“Moroccan”), from Maroc (“Morocco”) (from Medieval Latin Marrochium (“the city of Marrakech, the former capital of Morocco”)) + -ain (suffix forming demonyms).