Her taffeta skirt looked more appropriate to a wedding.
Source: tatoeba (8985264)
Taffeta
//ˈtæ.fɪ.tə//
Synonyms for "taffeta" (4 found)
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Translations
42 translations across 37 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- тафта noun (woven fabric)
Breton
1 entries- taftas noun (woven fabric)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тафта noun (woven fabric)
Catalan
1 entries- tafetà noun (woven fabric)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 塔夫綢 /塔夫绸 noun (woven fabric)
Czech
1 entries- taft noun (woven fabric)
Danish
1 entries- taft noun (woven fabric)
Dutch
1 entries- taf noun (woven fabric)
Esperanto
1 entries- tafto noun (woven fabric)
Estonian
1 entries- taft noun (woven fabric)
Finnish
1 entries- tafti noun (woven fabric)
French
1 entries- taffetas noun (woven fabric)
German
1 entries- Taft noun (woven fabric)
Hungarian
1 entries- taft noun (woven fabric)
Icelandic
1 entries- taft noun (woven fabric)
Ido
1 entries- tafto noun (woven fabric)
Indonesian
3 entries- taf noun (woven fabric)
- tafeta noun (woven fabric)
- taftah noun (woven fabric)
Italian
1 entries- taffetà noun (woven fabric)
Japanese
1 entries- タフタ noun (woven fabric)
Khmer
1 entries- ឡាញ់ noun (woven fabric)
Korean
2 entries- 태피터 noun (woven fabric)
- 호박단 noun (woven fabric)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tafta noun (woven fabric)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- tefte noun (woven fabric)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- taft noun (woven fabric)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- taft noun (woven fabric)
Persian
1 entries- تافته noun (woven fabric)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Zaunft noun (woven fabric)
Polish
1 entries- tafta noun (woven fabric)
Portuguese
1 entries- tafetá noun (woven fabric)
Romanian
1 entries- tafta noun (woven fabric)
Russian
1 entries- тафта noun (woven fabric)
Slovak
1 entries- taft noun (woven fabric)
Spanish
2 entries- tafeta noun (woven fabric)
- tafetán noun (woven fabric)
Swedish
1 entries- taft noun (woven fabric)
Tagalog
1 entries- tapetan noun (woven fabric)
Turkish
1 entries- tafta noun (woven fabric)
Vietnamese
2 entries- vải taffeta noun (woven fabric)
- vải tafta noun (woven fabric)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?
Source: wiktionary
I met her at lover's park / One rainy April Monday / Smiling soft and warm as on / A clear December Sunday / Wearing taffeta and lace
Source: wiktionary
For a festive dinner, the belles pull out the stops. “Pull it tighter,” one urges as her corset is laced. Having unearthed their taffeta gowns from deep storage, they show off pinched waists, bare arms, throats and shoulders.
Source: wiktionary
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