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Definition: PELERINE |
PELERINENoun1. A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind. |
Date "PELERINE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Etymology: Pelerine \Pel"er*ine\, noun. [French expression p[`e]lerine tippet, from p[`e]lerin pilgrim, from the Latin expression peregrinus foreign, alien. See Pilgrim.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | The effect produced by transferring sinker loops. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua, shawl, pelisse, wrapper; veil; cape, tippet, kirtle, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik, huke, chlamys, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure; houppelande; surcoat, overcoat, great coat; surtout, spencer; mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat; ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal, poncho, cardinal, pelerine; barbe, chudder, jubbah, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: PELERINE |
| Non-English Usage: "PELERINE" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (Cape, pelerine, tippet), Portuguese (Cape, dolmen, pelf). |
Expression using "PELERINE": woolen pelerine worn by shepherds. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "PELERINE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pelerinë (Cape, cloak, Dolman, duffel coat, wrap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | дамска пелерина. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pelerine, maskefødder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pelerine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | point de pèlerine, tricot jersey desachy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | pelerine (Cape, tippet), umhang (Cape, cloak, mantle, shawl, wrap), Maschenfüsse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περιώμιο (neck hackles, stole, tippet, wrap), πελερίνα (tippet), τρυπώματα (fisheye, pin holes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | körgallér (cape, quaker collar, tippet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pelerine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elerinepay pelerine (Cape, dolmen, pelf), pelargônio. (various references) pelerinã (Cape, cloak, mantle). (various references) пелерина. (various references) pelerina. (various references) pelerín, esclavina (Cape, neck hackles, short cloak, tippet). (various references) pelerin. (various references) pelerin (Cape, cloak, opera cloak). (various references) пелерина. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PELERINE": pelerines. (additional references) | |
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"PELERINE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Celerina, Gelperin, palernian, paludrine, Pelegrini, pelerin, Pelgrin, Pellegrina, Pellegrneo, pelligrini, Pelligrino, penerine, Penerive, peperino, Peterina, Pierino, pilgerite, Pulleine. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "PELERINE" (pronounced 'Pel"er*ine'): Acanthine, Acarine, Acauline, Accipitrine, Acervuline, Acolyctine, Aconitine, Adamantine, Affine, Agatine, Alabastrine, Alanine, Aldine, Aline, Alkaline, Almandine, Almondine, Alphonsine, Alpine, Alumine, Alvine, Amandine, Amanitine, Amaranthine, Amarine, Amethystine, Amine, Amygdaline, Anatine, Andesine, Andine, Angevine, Anguine, Annotine, Anserine, Anticline, Antilopine, Antipyrine, Apennine, Apocodeine, Aquiline, Ardassine, Aricine, Arnicine, Arpine, Arshine, Arsine, Asbestine, Ashine, Asinine. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-l-n-p-r" | |
-2 letters: eelier, lierne, peeler, peerie, penile, reline, repine. | |
-3 letters: eerie, leper, liner, peril, plier, preen, repel, repin, ripen. | |
-4 letters: epee, erne, leer, lien, lier, line, lipe, lire, neep, peel, peen, peer, pein, pele, peri, pier, pile, pine, pirn, plie, pree, reel, rein, riel, rile, ripe. | |
-5 letters: eel, ere, ern, ire, lee, lei, lie, lin, lip. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-l-n-p-r" | |
+1 letter: pelerines, spleenier. | |
+2 letters: percentile, prehensile, replevined, terreplein. | |
+3 letters: implementer, percentiles, preelecting, preelection, preventible, reexpelling, replenished, replenisher, replenishes, teleprinter, terrepleins. | |
+4 letters: experiential, experimental, impenetrable, implementers, interpellate, interpleaded, interpleader, oversleeping, preelections, preeminently, preferential, preselecting, preselection, preveniently, preventively, redeveloping, repellencies, replenishers, serpentinely, teleprinters. | |
+5 letters: apprehensible, depersonalize, exemplariness, inexpressible, intemperately, interoperable, interpellated, interpellates, interpleaders, interpretable, nephelometric, overexplained, perseveringly, phenylephrine, preselections, pretelevision, replenishable, replenishment, reprehensible, reprehensibly, repulsiveness, supersensible. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 45 4C 45 52 49 4E 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-.. . .-. .. -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000101 01001100 01000101 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P E L E R I N E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0045 004C 0045 0052 0049 004E 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5039463952434839 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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