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Meaning of "swiss muslin" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SWISS MUSLIN

So called because it was formerly imported from Switzerland.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SWISS MUSLIN

swiss muslin play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWISS MUSLIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Swiss muslin 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 SWISS MUSLIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of swiss muslin in the English dictionary

The definition of swiss muslin in the dictionary is a fine muslin dress fabric, usually having a raised or woven pattern of dolls or figures.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWISS MUSLIN

swishing
swishingly
swishy
Swiss
Swiss Army knife
Swiss ball
Swiss chard
Swiss cheese
Swiss cheese plant
Swiss franc
Swiss Guard
Swiss pine
Swiss Re Tower
swiss roll
Swiss steak
Swiss stone pine
Swiss tournament
Swiss-French
Swiss-German
swissing

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWISS MUSLIN

berlin
butter muslin
Chaplin
colin
Dublin
franklin
goblin
insulin
Led Zeppelin
lin
Lublin
marlin
maslin
Medellin
merlin
Michelin
moulin
muslin
violin
zeppelin

Synonyms and antonyms of swiss muslin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «swiss muslin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWISS MUSLIN

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

Translator English - Chinese

瑞士细布
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

muselina suiza
570 millions of speakers

English

swiss muslin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्विस मलमल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

السويسري الشاش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

швейцарский муслин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

musselina suíço
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুইস মাশালিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mousseline suisse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Swiss muslin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schweizer Musselin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スイスモスリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스위스 모슬린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Swiss muslin
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

muslin Thụy sĩ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுவிஸ் மிஸ்லின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्विस मार्लिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İsviçre muslini
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

swiss mussola
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

muślin szwajcarski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

швейцарський муслін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

muselină swiss
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

swiss μουσελίνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Switserse neteldoek
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

swiss muslin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

swiss muslin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swiss muslin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWISS MUSLIN»

The term «swiss muslin» is normally little used and occupies the 140.540 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWISS MUSLIN» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWISS MUSLIN»

Discover the use of swiss muslin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swiss muslin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898
Stella Blum. COLLARS (3.4.1871, p. 137). Fig. a: puffed tulle and lace fichu. Fig. b: tulle, lace insertion,and lacecollar. Fig. c: Swiss muslin andlace fichu. Fig. d: pleated Swiss muslin and lace fichu. Fig. e: Swiss muslin, lace insertion andlace  ...
Stella Blum, 2012
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The Women of New York: Or, Social Life in the Great City
... 125 cashmere, shawl pattern, morning-dress, lined ; sleeves and flies lined with red silk, cord and tassels to match ; not twice on, - 100 white Swiss muslin, with double skirt and ribbon running through the upper and lower hems of each skirt, ...
George Ellington (pseud.), 1870
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The Royal lady's magazine, and archives of the court of St. ...
No," said Maria, " Swiss muslin." "No," said Lucy, "bobbinet." They had been talking together by signs for half an hour, until the debate grew too warm to be carried on any longer in an inaudible manner. Now, my dear sir, if I were a young lady, ...
Horticultural journal, 1834
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The Farmers' Register: A Monthly Publication, Devoted to the ...
1 cartoon rich worked cnmbric and Swiss muslin edgings and insertings. 1 case 4 -4 and 6-4 plain and figured bobbinett and Grecian laces. 1 case bohbinett and Grecian footings, ed ings, laces and insertings; also, English read laces and ...
‎1834
5
The Farmer's Register
1 cartoon rich worked cambric and Swiss muslin edgings and inserting?. 1 case 4-4 and 6-4 plain and figured bobbinett and Grecian laces. 1 case bobbinett and Grecian footings, edging?, laces and insertings; also, English thread laces and ...
‎1835
6
The Monthly Review
The latter already draw a great deal of cotton yarn from Scotland and Ireland ; and the author thinks it not improbable that, whenever a general peace shall have given full scope to industry and trade, the Swiss muslin manufactories, being then ...
Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, 1798
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
The latter already draw a great deal of cotton yarn from Scotland and Ireland ; and the author thinks it not improbable that, whenever a< general peace shall have given full scope to industry and trade, the Swiss muslin manufactories, being ...
Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths, 1798
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Anna: The Letters of a St. Simons Island Plantation ...
You will I hope be pleased with the swiss Muslin dresses Clementine has braided for you I think she does deserve some credit for doing them so nicely & so neatly. I saw Miss Newel braiding a childs dress—& took it into my head to make ...
Anna Matilda King, Melanie Pavich-Lindsay, 2010
9
Dreams and reveries of a quiet man: consisting of the Little ...
&c, all ready before he commenced ; if I had any thing to say about bobbinet or Swiss muslin collars, I should at least wait till he had reached some Fassage not particularly remarkable for beauty. I fear shall have to read hereafter to myself, as I ...
Theodore Sedgwick Fay, Joseph Dewey Fay, 1832
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Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society from ...
To Miss E. A. Foster, Salem, for a specimen of transferring on Muslin, a gratuity of - - - 1 To Miss R. Miller, for an India Muslin Cape, very elegantly wrought, a gratuity of - - 2 To Miss S. E. F ollanshee, for a Swiss Muslin Cape, do. 3 To Miss M.
‎1833

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Swiss muslin [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/swiss-muslin>. May 2024 ».
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