suede
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suede
- /sweɪd/
- /swed/ Scotland
Sounds like swayed (except Scotland) · Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gants de Suède (“gloves from Sweden”). Doublet of Swede.
noun suedes
- A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories. “She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”
adjective
- Made of suede.
verb suedes · sueding · sueded
- To make (leather) into suede.
- To finish (fabric) by abrasion, giving it a fibrous surface.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: suede cloth, suedehead, ultrasuede, desert boot, ugg boot, sheepskin, gooseskin, skiver, sheep-skin, slinkskin, woolskin, slipsole, snowboot, softgoods, sole, soft shoe
Translations
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noun type of leather
| Español | gamuza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스웨이드 seuweideu |
| 日本語 | スエード suēdo |
| 中文 | 仿麂皮 fǎngjǐpí, 麂皮 jǐpí |
| Português | camurça |
| Français | suède, cuir suédé, daim |
| Deutsch | Wildleder, Veloursleder |
| Italiano | camoscio, pelle scamosciata |
| Ελληνικά | καστόρι kastóri |
| Русский | за́мша zámša |
| עברית | זמש zamsh |
adj made of suede
| Français | de suède, de cuir suédé, de daim |
|---|---|
| Italiano | scamosciato |
| Русский | за́мшевый zámševyj |
Talk about this word "suede." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/suede. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. suede. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/suede "suede." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/suede.Cite this
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