gros-grain

See also: grosgrain

French

Etymology

From gros + grain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁo.ɡʁɛ̃/

Noun

gros-grain m (plural gros-grains)

1. grosgrain

Descendants

• → Catalan: grogrèn
• → English: grosgrain (later borrowing)
• → English: grogram (earlier borrowing)
  • → French: gourgouran
    • → Catalan: gorgorà
    • → Portuguese: gorgorão
    • → Spanish: gorgorán
• → Italian: gros-grain
• → Japanese: グログラン (guroguran)

Further reading

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

Italian

Alternative forms

• gros grain, grosgrain

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French gros-grain.

Noun

gros-grain m (invariable)

1. grosgrain, petersham (rough woolen cloth)