Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bengaline

/ˈbɛŋɡəliːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ben-ga-line
IPA: /ˈbɛŋɡəliːn/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fabric made from silk and worsted; poplin.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Ruperta tonight was in a narrow black bengaline costume with a Medici collar and cuffs of bastard chinchilla."

Etymology

From French bengaline, from its resemblance to a kind of fabric imported from Bengal.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: bengaline

Usage

Inflected Forms

bengalines (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce bengaline?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɛŋɡəliːn/.
What does bengaline mean?: A fabric made from silk and worsted; poplin.
Where does bengaline come from?: It is traced to French.

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