That color sequin is too ugly for my dress.
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Sequin
//ˈsiː.kwɪn//
Synonyms for "sequin" (6 found)
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Translations
50 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- пайети noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Catalan
1 entries- lluentó noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Czech
4 entries- bůstka noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- cetka noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- flitr noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- pajetka noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Esperanto
3 entries- brilaĵeto noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- zekino noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
- zekino noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Finnish
2 entries- paljetti noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- sekiini noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
French
1 entries- paillettes noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
German
3 entries- Flitterblättchen noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- Paillette noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- Zechine noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
Greek
1 entries- πούλια noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Hungarian
2 entries- flitter noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- zecchino noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
Italian
3 entries- lustrino noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- paillette noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- zecchino noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
Macedonian
3 entries- пу́лејка noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- пуле́лија noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- це́кин noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
Malay
1 entries- labuci noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Māori
1 entries- kora noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- paljett noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- paljetter noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- paljett noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- paljettar noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Polish
1 entries- cekin noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Portuguese
1 entries- lantejoula noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Romanian
1 entries- paietă noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Russian
2 entries- блёстка noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- цехи́н noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- cekin noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
- pajet noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- šljokica noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Slovene
1 entries- cekin noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
Spanish
3 entries- cequí noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
- lentejuela noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- sequí noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
Swedish
3 entries- dukat noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
- paljett noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- sekin noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
Thai
1 entries- เลื่อม noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Turkish
2 entries- payet noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- sikke noun (Italian/Turkish coin)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бли́скітка noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
- блискі́тка noun (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
‘Let him receive as many robes of honour and thousands of sequins of gold as he hath spoken words.’
Source: wiktionary
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pices stamped with what looked like wisps of string or its of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to ware them round your neck - nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection...
Source: wiktionary
His ideas of music-hall costumes had never gone beyond short skirts, a swirl of lace, and glittering sequins; but Miss Antonia had expressed herself on that subject in no uncertain terms.
Source: wiktionary
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