cashmere

See also: Cashmere

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कश्मीर (kaśmīr) / Urdu کشمیر‎ (kašmīr), meaning "Kashmir", from Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæʃ.mɪə/, /kæʃ.ˈmɪə/
(US) IPA^(key): /kæʒ.ˈmiɹ/, /ˈkæʒ.miɹ/, /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/, /kæʃ.ˈmiɹ/
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

cashmere (usually uncountable, plural cashmeres)

(chiefly uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
(chiefly uncountable) A soft fabric made of this wool.
a cashmere sweater
(countable) A rich kind of shawl made from this wool.
(countable, by extension) Any similar shawl.

Translations

fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat

Bulgarian: кашмирска вълна f (kašmirska vǎlna)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開司米 (zh), 开司米 (zh) (kāisīmǐ)
Finnish: pashminavilla
French: cachemire (fr)
Hungarian: kasmír
Italian: cachemire m
Japanese: カシミヤ (kashimiya)
Kalmyk: кашмр (kaşmr)

Mongolian: ямааны ноолуур (jamaany nooluur)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kasjmir m

Nynorsk: kasjmir m
Russian: кашеми́р (ru) m (kašemír)
Spanish: cachemira (es) f
Swedish: kashmir n or c, kaschmir (sv) n or c
Turkish: kaşmir (tr)

soft fabric made of wool

Bulgarian: кашмир m (kašmir)
Catalan: caixmir m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開司米 (zh), 开司米 (zh) (kāisīmǐ)
Finnish: kašmirvilla (fi)
French: cachemire (fr) m
Hungarian: kasmír
Japanese: カシミヤ (kashimiya)
Kalmyk: кашмр (kaşmr)

Mongolian: ноолууран эдлэл (nooluuran edlel), ноолууран даавуу (nooluuran daavuu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kasjmir m

Nynorsk: kasjmir m
Polish: kaszmir (pl) m
Russian: кашеми́р (ru) m (kašemír)
Turkish: kaşmir (tr)

See also

pashmina

Anagrams

Marchese, Remaches, macheers, marchese, search me

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