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textile

/ˈtɛk.staɪl/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈtek.stɑel/ Australia
/ˈtek.staɪl/ New Zealand
[ˈtek.stɑe̯l] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɛkstaɪl

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Borrowed from Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven”), from texō (“weave”).

noun textiles

plural normally Any material made of interlacing or matted fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles, woven or nonwoven. Near-synonym: cloth (not always differentiated)
Similar: fabric, material, cloth, textile
A non-nudist.
Opposite: nudist, naturist

adjective more textile · most textile

Clothing compulsive. a textile beach

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Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cloth, fabric, material, weaving, fiber, yarn, clothing, tissue, apparel, garment, laundry, spinning, fibrous, made-up, tariff, conus

adjective

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noun cloth produced from fabric

Español	textil
日本語	織物 orimono, テクスタイル tekusutairu
中文	紡織 /纺织 fǎngzhī, 紡織品 /纺织品 fǎngzhīpǐn
Português	têxtil, tecido
Français	textile
Deutsch	Textilie
Italiano	tessuti
Русский	тексти́ль tekstílʹ, ткань tkanʹ

noun non-nudist

Français	textile
Русский	тексти́льщик tekstílʹščik, тексти́льщица tekstílʹščica, тексти́льник tekstílʹnik, тексти́льница tekstílʹnica

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@misc{textile_2026,
  title = {textile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/textile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}