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satin
- /ˈsæt.ɪn/
- [ˈsæt.n̩]
- [ˈsæʔ.n̩]
Rhymes with -ætɪn
Where it comes from
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.
noun satins
- A 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). Ibn 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.
- Gin (the drink). '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.'
adjective
- Semigloss. satin paint
verb satins · satining · satined
- To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: silken, silklike, silky, satiny, slick, glossy, sleek, smooth, gloss, black, nice, lustrous, glistening, sheeny, glazed, velvety
Translations
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noun cloth with a glossy surface and a dull back
| Español | raso, satén |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 새틴 saetin, 공단 gongdan |
| 日本語 | 本繻子 honshusu, 繻子 shusu, サテン saten, 朱子 shusu, サティン satin |
| 中文 | 緞子 /缎子 duànzi, 色丁 sèdīng, 緞紋 /缎纹 duànwén |
| हिन्दी | अतलस atlas |
| Português | cetim |
| Français | satin |
| Deutsch | Satin, Satinstoff, Satintuch, Atlasstoff, Atlastuch, Atlasgewebe |
| Italiano | satin m raso |
| Ελληνικά | ατλάζι atlázi |
| Русский | атла́с atlás, сати́н satín |
| Tiếng Việt | xa-tanh |
| العربية | أَطْلَس ʔaṭlas |
adj smooth and shiny
| Français | satiné |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | σατινέ satiné, σατινένιος satinénios |
| العربية | صَقِيل ṣaqīl |
Talk about this word "satin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/satin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. satin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/satin "satin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/satin.Cite this
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title = {satin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/satin},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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