gabardine

See also: Gabardine

English

Gabardine

Alternative forms

• gaberdine
• garbardine

Etymology

Recorded since 1904, altering the earlier gaberdine (“long, coarse outer garment”) (since 1520), from Spanish gabardina (perhaps influenced by gabán (“overcoat”) and tabardina (“coarse coat”)), from Middle French galverdine, itself probably from (Old or Middle) High German wallevart (“pilgrimage”), in the sense of “pilgrim's cloak” (from wallen (“to ambulate”) + vart (“journey”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæbəˌdiːn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæbɚˌdin/

Noun

gabardine (usually uncountable, plural gabardines)

1. (uncountable, countable) A type of woolen cloth with a diagonal ribbed texture on one side.

   The merchant found gabardines with finer ribs sold better here.

2. (uncountable, countable) A similar fabric, made from cotton.
3. (countable) A long cloak. [from c. 1520]
4. (countable, historical) A yellow robe that Jews in England were compelled to wear in the year 1189 as a mark of distinction.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

     You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog,
     And spet upon my Jewish gabardine,
     And all for use of that which is mine own.

Translations

type of woolen cloth

• Bulgarian: габaрдин m (gabardin)
• Catalan: gavardina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 華達呢／华达呢 (zh) (huádání)

• Czech: gabardén (cs) m
• Danish: gabardine c or n
• Dutch: gabardine (nl) c
• Finnish: gabardiini (fi)
• Georgian: გაბარდინი (gabardini)
• German: Gabardine (de) m
• Greek: γκαμπαρντίνα (el) f (gkamparntína)
• Hebrew: גברדין (he)
• Hungarian: gabardin (hu)
• Italian: gabardine m
• Japanese: ギャバジン (gyabajin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gabardin m

  Nynorsk: gabardin m

• Portuguese: gabardina (pt) f
• Russian: габарди́н (ru) m (gabardín)
• Spanish: gabardina (es) f
• Swahili: gabadini class 9

Further reading

• gabardine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bargained

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English gabardine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɑ.bɑrˈdi.nə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

gabardine (not comparable)

1. made from gabardine

Inflection

Declension of gabardine
uninflected	gabardine
inflected	gabardine
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite	m./f. sing.	gabardine
	n. sing.	gabardine
	plural	gabardine
definite		gabardine
partitive

Noun

gabardine f (plural gabardines, diminutive gabardinetje n)

1. The woolen (cloth) Gabardine
2. An overcoat or raincoat (of this material)

References

• “gabardine” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gabardina (perhaps influenced by gabán (“overcoat”) and tabardina (“coarse coat”)), from Middle French galverdine, itself probably from (Old or Middle) High German wallevart (“pilgrimage”), in the sense of "pilgrim's cloak".

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

gabardine f (plural gabardines)

1. the woolen cloth gaberdine
2. a long coat with sleeves, notably a raincoat

Descendants

• → Italian: gabardine
• → Russian: габардин (gabardin)
  • → Georgian: გაბარდინი (gabardini)
• → Turkish: gabardin

Further reading

• “gabardine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French, from Spanish gabardina (perhaps influenced by gabán (“overcoat”) and tabardina (“coarse coat”)), from Middle French galverdine, itself probably from (Old or Middle) High German wallevart (“pilgrimage”) in the sense of "pilgrim's cloak".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.barˈdi.ne/
• Rhymes: -ine
• Hyphenation: ga‧bar‧dì‧ne

Noun

gabardine m (invariable)

1. the woolen cloth gabardine
2. an overcoat or raincoat, (originally) of this material

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.baʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ni/ [ɡa.baɦˈd͡ʒĩ.ni]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.baʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ni/ [ɡa.baɦˈd͡ʒĩ.ni]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡa.baɾˈd͡ʒĩ.ni/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡa.baʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.baɻˈd͡ʒi.ne/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.bɐɾˈdi.nɨ/ [ɡɐ.βɐɾˈði.nɨ]

• Hyphenation: ga‧bar‧di‧ne

Noun

gabardine f (plural gabardines)

1. Alternative form of gabardina