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Meaning of "percaline" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERCALINE

From French.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PERCALINE

percaline  [ˈpɜːkəˌliːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERCALINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Percaline 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 PERCALINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of percaline in the English dictionary

The definition of percaline in the dictionary is a fine light cotton fabric, used esp for linings.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERCALINE


arvicoline
ɑːˈvɪkəˌliːn
bengaline
ˈbɛŋɡəˌliːn
citrulline
ˈsɪtrəˌliːn
gasolene
ˈɡæsəˌliːn
gasoline
ˈɡæsəˌliːn
isoprenaline
ˌaɪsəʊˈprenəˌliːn
lobeline
ˈləʊbəˌliːn
Magdalene
ˈmæɡdəˌliːn
mescalin
ˈmɛskəˌliːn
mescaline
ˈmɛskəˌliːn
methylnaphthalene
ˌmiːθaɪlˈnæpθəˌliːn
mezcaline
ˈmɛskəˌliːn
morpholine
ˈmɔːfəˌliːn
naphthaline
ˈnæfθəˌliːn
nickeline
ˈnɪkəˌliːn
pemoline
ˈpɛməˌliːn
picoline
ˈpɪkəˌliːn
quinoline
ˈkwɪnəˌliːn
silkoline
ˈsɪlkəˌliːn
tourmaline
ˈtʊəməˌliːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERCALINE

percale
percase
perceable
perceant
perceivability
perceivable
perceivably
perceive
perceived
perceived noise decibel
perceiver
percentage
percentage distribution
percentage point
percental
percentile
percentile ranking
percept
perceptibility
perceptible

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERCALINE

adrenaline
aline
alkaline
amygdaline
antalkaline
euryhaline
formaline
harmaline
hotline
hyaline
hypersaline
messaline
noradrenaline
opaline
praline
saline
sealine
sepaline
silkaline
thermohaline
valine

Synonyms and antonyms of percaline in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «percaline» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERCALINE

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

Translator English - Chinese

percaline
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

percalina
570 millions of speakers

English

percaline
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

percaline
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

percaline
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

percaline
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

percaline
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

percaline
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

percaline
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Percaline
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Percaline
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

percaline
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

percaline
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Percale
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

percaline
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

percaline
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गळलती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

percaline
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

percaline
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

percaline
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

percaline
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

percaline
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

percaline
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

percaline
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

percaline
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

percaline
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of percaline

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERCALINE»

The term «percaline» is regularly used and occupies the 70.678 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERCALINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «percaline» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «percaline» 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 percaline

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERCALINE»

Discover the use of percaline in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to percaline and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Bookseller
Le cartonnage en percaline dorée, ou la dcnù-rcliûre, tranches dorées, se paye 4 fr. en sut des prix ci-aprta indiqués. Deux ans au Brésil, par F. Biard. Un magnifique volume illustrée de plus i de 500 vigr. .««sinées nar E. Riou, d'après les ...
‎1861
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Textiles For Commercial, Industrial and Domestic Arts ...
... althoughother colors may be seen. The fabric is bleached before it is subjected to theprinting operations. Percaline. Percaline is a highly finished anddressed percale. The first process to which the clothis subjected is to boil itoff, that is,to ...
William Henry Dooley, 1924
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Wages and regularity of employment in the cloak, suit, and ...
... GRADES, DEFINITION, LENGTH OF SERVICE, AND MINIMUM WEEKLY WAGE. Grade 1. — Canvas cutter — grade A {rough canvas): This term is to mean the cutting of canvas or percaline larger than the cloth, where the cloth is cut exact, ...
Board of Arbitration in the Cloak, Suit, and Skirt Industry, New York, Charles Henry Winslow, Louis Dembitz Brandeis, 1915
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Textiles for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools
Percaline. Percaline is a highly finished and dressed percale. The first process to which the cloth is subjected is to boil it off, that is, to soak it in boiling water so as to relieve it from foreign matter that it may have gathered during the weaving, ...
William Henry Dooley, 1924
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A Woman of Courage: The Journal of Rose de Freycinet on Her ...
Fortunately, I had pieces of percaline and muslin which I am now stitching together. Map of Montevideo Plan de la Ville de Montevideo 1820 Louis-Claude de Freycinet, Voyage autour du Monde ... Execute sur les Corvettes de S.M. IVranie et ...
Rose Marie Pinon de Freycinet, Marc Serge Rivière, 2003
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Heavy Clothing
Arrange lapel on steamer, press solid. 6. Arrange bottom on buck, remove bastings, press bottom of linings by hand, allowing for bellows — use percaline. 7 . Press lower front lining, percaline. 8. Press upper front lining and pleat — percaline.
‎1947
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Window Treatments
White, solid colored, or printed, it is used for sheets and lightweight draperies and curtains. percaline. A percale fabric glazed or finished with a moire (watermark) calendering. plaid. A printed or woven textile in which squares and rectangles ...
Karla J. Nielson, 1989
8
English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century: A ...
Materials: cloth (always in the redingote form); merino quadrilled in satin, beche- cachemire, percaline, terry velvet, silk, striped gingham. Evening No change. Materials as in former year; broche silks, checquered satins and moire fashionable.
C. Willett Cunnington, 2013
9
Grand Dictionnaire Hachette-Oxford
... (individu) fellow, perborate /pErbOrat/ nm perborate perçage /pErsaZ/ nm (de trou) drilling, boring; (de paroi) boring through percale /pErkal/ nf percale Composé d glacée chintz percaline /pErkalin/ nf percaline perçant, de /pErsì, ìt/ adj 1 [cri, ...
Marie-Hélène Corréard, Valerie Grundy, Jean-Benoit Ormal-Grenon, 2007
10
The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British ...
Cartonné en percaline à biseaux, tranches dorées, 10 fr. L'ÉQUIPAGE DE LA ' ROSETTE.' Par Gonzague-Privat. Un volume illustré de 88 gravures d'après Alfred Paris. LE TRÉSOR DE MADELEINE. Par Pierre Maël. Un volume illustré de 59 ...
‎1899

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERCALINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term percaline is used in the context of the following news items.
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Garvarni's Women In Lace
Publisher's original full percaline. All edges gilt. Together with: [GAVARNI]. MÉRY, Joseph. Les joyaux. Fantaisie par Gavarni. Texte par Méry. «Booktryst, Jan 13»
2
Some like it haute
A dress in white percaline embroidered with pearls and sequins, and trimmed with hand-cut leaves and flowers, took 800 hours to make, but ... «Independent, Feb 09»

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