strass

Borrowed from French strass, after its inventor, the 18th-century Alsatian jeweler Georg Friedrich Strass.

• IPA^(key): /stɹas/

strass (countable and uncountable, plural strasses)

1. A rhinestone, brilliant glass used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium.

• rhinestone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

After its inventor, the 18th-century Alsatian jeweler Georg Friedrich Strass.

• IPA^(key): /stʁas/

strass m (plural strass)

1. paste, rhinestone (lead crystal used as gemstone)
   • 1983, Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics), “Baby Alone in Babylone”, in Baby Alone in Babylone, performed by Jane Birkin:

     Noyée sous les flots de musiques electriques / De rock 'n 'roll tu recherches un rôle / Tu recherches les studios, et les traces de Monroe / Les strass et le stress / Dieux et déesses de Los Angeles

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• → English: strass

• “strass” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

strass m (invariable)

1. paste (lead crystal used as gemstone)

strass m (uncountable)

1. paste (glass containing lead, used to imitate diamonds)