jute
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jute¹
- /d͡ʒuːt/
Rhymes with -uːt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ). Likely related to Ukrainian джгут (džhut) and Russian жгут (žgut).
noun jutes
- The coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc. Jute is the second most widely used fiber after cotton. You might know it best as the fiber used to make burlap sacks, but it's also used to make twine for baling hay and a thousand other things.
- The plants from which this fibre is obtained.
Jute²
- /d͡ʒuːt/
- /juːt/
Sounds like jute, ute · Rhymes with -uːt
Where it comes from
From Latin plural Iuti, Iutae (in Bede), from Old English Ēotas. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *eut, from Proto-Germanic *eutaz, *eutaniz. The spelling was later influenced by Medieval Latin Jutae, Juti.
noun Jutes
- A member of the Germanic tribe that existed in modern-day Denmark that invaded England about the same time as the Angles and the Saxons in the beginning of the Middle Ages, but were eventually integrated by the time of the Norman Conquest. No Jute is left to wield a sword to save this hoard. No one is left to swing the battle-ax skyward.
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noun fibre of Corchorus olitorius
| Español | yute |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 황마포 hwangmapo |
| 中文 | 黃麻 /黄麻 huángmá |
| हिन्दी | जूट jūṭ |
| Português | juta |
| Français | jute |
| Deutsch | Jute |
| Italiano | juta, iuta |
| Ελληνικά | ιούτη ioúti, γιούτα gioúta |
| Română | iută |
| Русский | джут džut |
| العربية | جوت jut |
| עברית | יוּטָה yúta |
noun the plants from which this fibre is obtained
| Deutsch | Jute |
|---|---|
| Română | iută |
| Русский | джут круглоплодный džut krugloplodnyj |
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title = {jute},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jute},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
