The List Grows

by Kim

Estonian: kangas
German: Stoff
Japanese: nuno (ahh, nuno plus! I get it!)
Finnish: kanga
French: tissu
Italian: tessuto
Polish: tkanina
Portuguese: tecidos
Russian: tkan
Spanish: tela

What is the word for “fabric” in your favorite language?

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Posted by Kim on 06/11/2008  |  Tagged: , ,   |  Permalink

9 Comments

  1. Tricia says:
    June 11, 2008 at 9:14 am

    What a great list! (I love “stoff.”)

    Minor point: It’s kangas in Estonian. Not plural, but you need the ‘s’.

  2. Kim says:
    June 11, 2008 at 9:22 am

    Fixed! Thanks!

  3. Tin says:
    June 11, 2008 at 9:27 am

    “tyg” in Swedish

    I can see a book coming from this – “How to buy fabric in 101 languages” :)

  4. HildeC says:
    June 11, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    In Norwegian it is: Stoff :-)

  5. Laura says:
    June 11, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    “Abric-fay” in Pig Latin :)

  6. rosa says:
    June 11, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    In Portuguese “tecido” (without the S) is the singular. We also have the word “pano” (panos in the plural). In Spanish, “tejido” is also used (i think). Like the Portuguese “tecido”, this word means “woven fabric”.

  7. soph says:
    June 12, 2008 at 10:21 am

    in welsh it’s defnydd. i had to look it up as i only know odd words, but i can at least manage the pronunciation: devnuth (a voiced th as in “that”, not as in “both”)

  8. Michelle says:
    June 12, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    In Australian, it’s “material”. ;-)

  9. Mari says:
    June 13, 2008 at 3:42 am

    It is kangas in Finnish. The s in the end does not indicate plural.

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