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語源

French (gants de) Suède (“(gloves of) Sweden”)

発音

• IPA^(key): /sweɪd/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /swed/
• 韻: -eɪd
• Homophone: swayed (except Scotland)

名詞

suede (usually uncountable, 複数形 suedes)

1. A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.
   • 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 17, in The Subtle Minotaur‎^[1]:

     “She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”

   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Richard DeLongpre: Mmm, your belly skin is like suede.

     Jeremy DeLongpre: Thanks.

     Richard: Tough but soft, like a man.

形容詞

suede (not comparable)

1. Made of suede.

派生語

• suede brush
• suedehead
• suedelike
• suede-shoe operator
• suede-shoe salesman
• suedette
• suedey

動詞

suede (三人称単数 現在形 suedes, 現在分詞 sueding, 過去形および過去分詞形 sueded)

1. (transitive) To make (leather) into suede.
2. (transitive) To finish (fabric) by abrasion, giving it a fibrous surface.

参考

• emerize

Further reading

• suede on Wikipedia.