Her head was surmounted by a huge white chiffon hat, bedecked with three long but rather stringy ostrich feathers.
Source: tatoeba (7917425)
Chiffon
//ʃɪˈfɑn//
Synonyms for "chiffon" (41 found)
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Closest matches (9)
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Related words (20)
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4 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- шифо́н noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Catalan
1 entries- xifó noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 雪紡 /雪纺 noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Finnish
1 entries- sifonki noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Hungarian
1 entries- sifon noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Indonesian
1 entries- sifon noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Irish
1 entries- sreabhann noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Italian
2 entries- chiffon noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
- velocrespo noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Japanese
2 entries- シフォン noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
- 絹モスリン noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Korean
2 entries- 시폰 noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
- 실크 모슬린 noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Macedonian
1 entries- шифон noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Malay
1 entries- sifon noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Polish
1 entries- szyfon noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Portuguese
1 entries- chiffon noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Romanian
1 entries- șifon noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Russian
1 entries- шифо́н noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Spanish
1 entries- gasa noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Swedish
1 entries- chiffong noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Turkish
1 entries- şifon noun (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
A veil of pink chiffon, lavishly sprinkled with huge black dots, hung like a flounce from the hat brim to her shoulders and floated off in two airy streamers behind her.
Source: tatoeba (7917426)
An abaya is a traditional robe-like dress or coat made of thin flowing fabric such as chiffon or georgette, and is usually made in black.
Source: tatoeba (11098846)
Her dresses are made from these marvelous chiffons.
Source: wiktionary
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