shagreen
English
/ʃəˈɡɹiːn/
noun
Definitions
- An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.
- (entomology) A rough or spiny surface of an insect's cuticle.
Etymology
Borrowed from French chagrin (sorrow) derived from Turkish sağrı.
Origin
Turkish
sağrı
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chagrin English
- shagreenate English
- shagreened English
- chagrijn Dutch, Flemish
- chagrin French
- chagrinement French
- chagriner French
- sağrı Turkish
- chagrin Middle French
- *sagrï Proto-Turkic
- *gram Frankish
- chagrin Louisiana Creole French