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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FOULARD

From French, of unknown origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FOULARD

foulard  [fuːˈlɑːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOULARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foulard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOULARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

foulard

Foulard

A foulard is a lightweight fabric, either twill or plain-woven, made of silk or a mix of silk and cotton. Foulards usually have a small printed design of various colors. Foulard can also refer by metonymy to articles of clothing, such as scarves and neckties, made from this fabric. In men's ties, foulard refers to the pattern rather than the material; it is a small-scale pattern with basic block repeat, also called a set pattern or a tailored pattern. Foulard is believed to have originated in the Far East. The word comes from the French word foulard, with the same proper and metonymic meanings. In modern French, foulard is the usual word for a scarf or neckerchief. Foulard fabric is also used in home décor wall coverings.

Definition of foulard in the English dictionary

The definition of foulard in the dictionary is a soft light fabric of plain-weave or twill-weave silk or rayon, usually with a printed design. Other definition of foulard is something made of this fabric, esp a scarf or handkerchief.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOULARD


Abelard
ˈæbəˌlɑːd
ballade
bæˈlɑːd
Ballard
ˈbælɑːd
baselard
ˈbæsəˌlɑːd
bollard
ˈbɒlɑːd
enlard
ɪnˈlɑːd
Gillard
ˈdʒɪlɑːd
holard
ˈhɒlɑːd
interlard
ˌɪntəˈlɑːd
lard
lɑːd
mallard
ˈmælɑːd
overlard
ˌəʊvəˈlɑːd
poulard
ˈpuːlɑːd
poularde
ˈpuːlɑːd
remoulade
ˌreɪmuːˈlɑːd
roulade
ruːˈlɑːd
salade
səˈlɑːd
Szilard
ˈsɪlɑːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOULARD

foul
foul marten
foul play
foul shot
foul up
foul-mouthed
foul-smelling
foul-tasting
foul-tempered
foul-up
foulbrood
foulder
foulie
foully
foulmart
foulness
foumart
found
found object
foundation

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOULARD

award
Baudrillard
board
bulletin board
collard
credit card
dullard
Edward
forward
guard
hard
heard
Howard
in this regard
leaf-lard
Lollard
paillard
pollard
tailard
Vuillard

Synonyms and antonyms of foulard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foulard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOULARD

Find out the translation of foulard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foulard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foulard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

富拉尔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

foulard
570 millions of speakers

English

foulard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Foulard
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وشاح حريري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фуляр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

foulard
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাতলা সিল্কের কাপড়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

foulard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Foulard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Foulard
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フーラード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

풀라
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Foulard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lụa mong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Foulard
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फॉलार्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fular
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

foulard
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fular
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фуляр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

foulard
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φουλάρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Foulard
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

foulard
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

foulard
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foulard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOULARD»

The term «foulard» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.667 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOULARD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foulard» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foulard» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foulard

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOULARD»

Discover the use of foulard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foulard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Expo 3 Rouge
À deux. lu vas lire un article de journal sur le port du foulard dans les écoles en France. D'abord, discute ces questions en anglais. • Why do you think some French schoolgirls might choose to wear a religious headscarf (le foulard) to school?
Clive Bell, Gill Ramage, 2005
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Frantz Fanon's 'Black Skin, White Masks'
1. Adieu. foulard. Adieu. madras. DAVID MACEY Nos observations et nos conclusions ne valent que pour les Antilles. (Our observations and our conclusions apply only to the West Indies.) (Peau noire: 11)' In the first chapter of Peau noire ...
Max Silverman, 2005
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Renaissance
Foulard could not imagine anything in the world that he would want to do less. Lesauvage was a violent man with an unforgiving nature. People who crossed him died. Foulard had helped bury some of them in shallow graves. Others he had ...
Alex Archer, 2010
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Destiny
“I see that,” Foulard snapped. At that moment, the cell phone in his pocket rang. He answered it at once. “Yes.” “Do you have the woman?” Corvin Lesauvage's tone was calm and controlled. He always sounded that way. But to the trained ear , ...
Alex Archer, 2006
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The Myth of the 'Islamic' Headscarf
December 14, 2003 -- ANYONE following the French media these days might get the impression that we are heading for "a war of values" and a "clash of civilizations" over what is known as "le foulard islamique." The controversial foulard is a ...
Omar Hussein Ibrahim, 2008
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Texas Monthly
Our first stop is at Foulard's Media, an intimate theater in which an appreciative audience samples the creations of a master chef, Foulard, who reigns and performs in a capsule kitchen behind a tiny window looking out on the diners. Both he ...
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Legal Practice and Cultural Diversity
Chapter 13 L 'affaire du foulard in the Shadow of the Strasbourg Court: Article 9 and the Public Career of the Veil in France Claire de Galembert Introduction This chapter deals with the role that Article 9 of the European Convention for the ...
R. D. Grillo, 2009
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Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and ...
They have worn the foulard for six months.” He had been the first to be irritated by their decision to wear it, he said, and had tried to convince them that the voile represented a terrible burden for women in Muslim countries. They retorted that ...
John R. Bowen, 2008
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Reconstructing Citizenship: The Politics of Nationality ...
From this perspective, the Foulard affair well reflected the state of ethnic and membership politics in France. To what extent should the affair be understood in terms of ethnic politics? Was the act of wearing the veil an act of ethnic affirmation , ...
Miriam Feldblum, 1999
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Politics of Culture and the Spirit of Critique: Dialogues
Let's come to the affaire du foulard (scarf affair), which you brought up in this context. It seems to me, as I have argued in various writings and in the lecture,4 that the foulard is an odd symbol around which so much of our current ...
Gabriel Rockhill, Alfredo Gómez-Muller, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOULARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foulard is used in the context of the following news items.
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Les KBG84, les nouvelles stars octogénaires de la chanson japonaise
... ne flageolent plus: "je ne suis jamais aussi heureuse que lorsque nous chantons" dit-elle, vêtue d'un kimono rayé, foulard rouge ornant sa ... «lalibre.be, Jul 15»
2
Les jours les plus longs pour Alexis Tsipras
Sur ce cliché, un jeune cadre des Jeunesses communistes grecques, foulard autour du cou et casquette, résiste aux policiers italiens dont ... «Le Temps, Jul 15»
3
Cameroun / Extrême-Nord: Une vingtaine de combattants de Boko …
Des étrangers en situation irrégulière ont été rapatriés, le port de foulard interdit et la fouille systématique des maisons et des véhicules mise ... «Cameroon-info.net, Jul 15»
4
Di Maria vous donne un cours de coup du foulard
Di Maria vous donne un cours de coup du foulard ... le joueur de Manchester United vous donne une petite leçon de coup du foulard pour les ... «BFMTV.COM, Jul 15»
5
Everything the modern gentleman needs to know about ties for …
One way many designers bring color into their designs is with the use of small repeated shapes like a foulard pattern or a classic, regimental ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
6
Ellen DeGeneres Debuts New Lifestyle Collection, ED on EDbyEllen …
Signature elements such as embroidered "love" messaging, handcrafted buttons and foulard linings are prevalent throughout the collection as ... «Virtual Press Office, Jun 15»
7
Ellen DeGeneres presenta su nueva colección de estilo de vida, ED …
Elementos de la firma tales como el mensaje bordado "amor", revestimientos artesanales de botones y foulard son frecuentes a lo largo de la ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
8
Paris menswear season ends with ode to the colorful '80s
... followed by white jeans and a snug-looking denim jumpsuit that the Parisian designer, bien sur, twinned with a Left Bank-standard foulard. «The Daily Star, Jun 15»
9
Gary Oldman, Pierce Brosnan sons model for Saint Laurent
... followed by white jeans and a snug-looking denim jumpsuit that the Parisian designer, bien sur, twinned with a Left Bank-standard foulard. «Kansas City Star, Jun 15»
10
En Iran, l'avocate Nasrin Sotoudeh autorisée de nouveau à exercer …
... arrivait tous les matin devant le barreau de Téhéran, portant son foulard blanc et brandissant une pancarte sur laquelle on pouvait lire : "Le ... «Le Monde, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Foulard [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/foulard>. Apr 2024 ».
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