flannel
English
/ˈflænəl/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) A soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
- (New Zealand) A washcloth.
- (US) A flannel shirt.
- (slang) Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English flaunneol derived from Old French flaine derived from Proto-Celtic *wlānos derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (wool).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂
Gloss
wool
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- board English
- flannelboard English
- flanneled English
- flannelette English
- flannelgraph English
- flannelled English
- flannellike English
- flannelly English
- flannelmouth English
- flannie English
- flanno English
- mouth English
- lāna Latin
- Flanell German
- flanella Italian
- flanel Dutch, Flemish
- Sainte-Flanelle French
- flanelle French
- franela Spanish, Castilian
- λῆνος Ancient Greek
- *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- flanela Portuguese
- *wullō Proto-Germanic
- flanell Swedish
- flaunneol Middle English
- flannel Danish
- *vьlna Proto-Slavic
- flaine Old French
- franel·la Catalan, Valencian
- फलालैन Hindi
- gwlana Welsh
- gwlanog Welsh
- gwlân Welsh
- flianné Norman
- Flanell Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *ulanā Proto-Celtic
- *wlanā Proto-Celtic
- *wlānos Proto-Celtic
- 法蘭絨 Chinese
- *Hwŕ̥HnaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- fulana Swahili
- *wlānā Proto-Italic
- vilna Lithuanian
- *wilˀnāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- λαμματίζειν gkm
- *gwlan Proto-Brythonic
- فلينة Hijazi Arabic
- فنيلة Hijazi Arabic
- *wlanā Gaulish
- 𒋠𒀸 Hittite
- *wilˀnāˀ bat-pro