drapery

English

Etymology

From Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultimately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɹeɪpəɹi/

Noun

drapery (countable and uncountable, plural draperies)

(uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
(countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
- Macaulay
  people who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery

Translations

uncountable: cloth draped gracefully in folds

Finnish: drapeeraus

countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain

Catalan: cortina (ca) f
Finnish: verho (fi)
French: rideau (fr) m
Galician: cortina (gl) f

German: Vorhang (de) m
Italian: tenda (it) f
Portuguese: cortina (pt) f
Spanish: cortina (es) f

the occupation of a draper

Irish: éadaitheoireacht f

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Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} драперия (bg) (draperija)

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} drapiro

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