franela

Spanish

A T-shirt

Etymology

Borrowed from French flanelle, from English flannel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾaˈnela/ [fɾaˈne.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: fra‧ne‧la

Noun

franela f (plural franelas)

1. flannel (a soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers)
2. (Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela) T-shirt

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:camiseta

Descendants

• → Tagalog: pranela
• → Egyptian Arabic: فنلّة

Further reading

• “franela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10