Question 1 · Quick check
satin
CEFRB2
/ˈsæt.ɪn/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A smooth shiny cloth made from silk or other fibers.
- 02
noun
Extra detailGin (the drink).
Examples
Mary will buy satin material for her new drapes.
She was wearing a gown of satin.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 1
Also pronounced
- [ˈsæʔ.n̩]
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningA cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
verb
Extra meaningTo make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin.
More examples
In contextIbn Batuta informs us that a rich silk texture made here was called Zaitûniya; and there can be little doubt that this is the real origin of our word Satin,—Zettani in mediæval Italian, Aceytuni in Spanish.
'This poor gal was robbed, barely left a stitch, that and the drink... mind, I likes a drop of satin – wot you'd call gin – myself. I'll say nothing against it. She ended thrown out of an upstairs winder.'
Quick test
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Origin
noun
From French satin, which is derived from "Zaitun", the Arabic name for the Chinese city of Quanzhou, itself derived from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”), from phono-semantic matching from Chinese 刺桐 (MC tshjeH duwng, “coral tree”) in 刺桐城 (MC tshjeH duwng dzyeng, “coral tree town”), an old name for Quanzhou.