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jacquard¹

Where it comes from

Eponym, from Joseph Marie Jacquard, inventor of the Jacquard loom.

noun jacquards

  1. countable, uncountable Fabric woven on a Jacquard loom. The White House has jacquard drapes in the East Room.
  2. countable, uncountable Fabric resembling a jacquard, but woven by a different process.
  3. countable A Jacquard loom.

Jacquard²

Where it comes from

Compare Jaccard.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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noun fabric woven on a Jacquard loom

中文提花織物 /提花织物 tíhuāzhīwù, 提花 tíhuā

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"jacquard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jacquard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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jacquard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jacquard

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"jacquard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jacquard.

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@misc{jacquard_2026,
  title = {jacquard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jacquard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}