shantung
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 山東／山东 (Shāndōng), Shantung.
Noun
[edit]shantung (countable and uncountable, plural shantungs)
- A heavy fabric, with a rough surface, made from wild silk.
- 1963, H. E. Bates, “Major of Hussars”, in Seven by Five:
- The yellow beer, the light shantung suit and the gleaming white teeth were all alight with the trembling silver reflections that sprang from the sunlight on the water.
- A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics.
Descendants
[edit]- → Tagalog: siyantung
Translations
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[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]shantung m (plural shantungs)
- Alternative spelling of chantoung
Further reading
[edit]- “shantung”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]shantung m (plural shantungs)
Tagalog
[edit]Noun
[edit]shantung (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔)
- Alternative spelling of siyantung
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