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Definition: Velours |
VeloursNoun1. Heavy fabric that resembles velvet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Velours \Ve*lours"\, noun. [French expression See Velure.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Velours" is a common misspelling or typo for: velour. |
Synonym: VeloursSynonym: velour (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deception | Cornish hug; wolf in sheep's clothing; (deceiver); disguise, disguisement; false colors, masquerade, mummery, borrowed plumes; pattes de velours. |
Falsehood | Cant, play the hypocrite, sham Abraham, faire pattes de velours, put on the mask, clean the outside of the platter, lie like a conjuror; hand out false colors, hold out false colors, sail under false colors; "commend the poisoned chalice to the lips"; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces; deceive. |
Smoothness | Down, velvet, velure, silk, satin; velveteen, velour, velours, velumen; glass, ice. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Velours |
| Specialty definitions using "velours": tip coloured mohair velours. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "velours": Velure. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Velours" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (velvet), French (velours, velvet), German (velour). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Langue de velours (1975) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Beach towels and larger towels (for sauna use, etc.) with the size of 127 x 183 cm are becoming popular along with jacquard velours or milling jacquards. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "velours": pattes de velours ♦ tip coloured mohair velours. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
velours | 35 |
gucci velours | 4 |
perfect velours | 2 |
tissus velours | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "velours"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kadifeje (velvet), kadife (velvet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الفيلور ضرب من المخمل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | филцов (velour), филц (felt, velour), велурен (velour), велур (chamois, doeskin, suede, velour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 丝' (velour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | velur, samet (velvet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skæremaskine til velours (shearing machine for velours, shearing machine for velvets), skæremaskine til fløjl (shearing machine for velours, shearing machine for velvets), maskine til glatning af velours (machine for smoothing velours), kalander til prægning af velours (calender for beating velours, calender for beating velvets), kalander til prægning af flø jl (calender for beating velours, calender for beating velvets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | samettikankaiden viimeistyskalanteri (calender for beating velours, calender for beating velvets), sametin silityskone (machine for smoothing velours), sametin kiillotuskone (machine for smoothing velours), sametin aukileikkauskone (shearing machine for velours, shearing machine for velvets), meleerattu mokka (tip coloured mohair velours, tip coloured shaggy suede). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | velours rasé, velours (velour, velvet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Veloursschneidemaschine (shearing machine for velours, shearing machine for velvets), Velours-Prägekalander (calender for beating velours, calender for beating velvets), Velourshebemaschine (machine for beating the backs of fabrics, machine for smoothing velours), spitzengefaerbtes Mohairleder (tip coloured mohair velours, tip coloured shaggy suede). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βελουτέ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | velúr (velour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ベレー帽 (Bengala, beret, tongue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ベロア . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | valoor (velour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eloursvay veludo (pile, velour, velvet), veludilho (velveteen), tecido aveludado, relativo a veludo (velveting). (various references) велюровый, велюр. (various references) velurski, velur. (various references) calandria para estampar terciopelo (calender for beating velours, calender for beating velvets), ante tipo angora (tip coloured mohair velours, tip coloured shaggy suede). (various references) velourskärmaskin (shearing machine for velours, shearing machine for velvets), velourpräglingskalander (calender for beating velours, calender for beating velvets), velourglättningsmaskin (machine for smoothing velours), sammetsskärmaskin (shearing machine for velours, shearing machine for velvets), sammetspolermaskin (machine for smoothing velours), sammetsglättningsmaskin (machine for smoothing velours), kalander för stötkalandrering av sammet (calender for beating velours, calender for beating velvets), grov mocka med ljusa fiberspetsar (tip coloured mohair velours, tip coloured shaggy suede). (various references) velur (velour), yünlü kadife (velour). (various references) nhung mũ nhung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: louvers, louvres. | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-o-r-s-u-v" | |
-1 letter: louver, louvre, lovers, ovules, solver, velour. | |
-2 letters: euros, lores, loser, lours, louse, lover, loves, lures, orles, ousel, overs, ovule, roles, roues, rouse, roves, rules, servo, solve, sorel, verso, voles. | |
-3 letters: eros, euro, levo, lore, lose, lour, love, lues, lure, luvs, oles, ores, orle, ours, over, revs, roes, role, rose, roue, rove, rues, rule, ruse, sloe, slue, slur, sole, sore, soul, sour, suer, sure, user, voes, vole. | |
-4 letters: els, ers, leu, lev, luv, oes, ole, ore, ors, ose, our, res, rev, roe, rue, sel, ser, sol, sou, sue, use, voe. | |
-5 letters: el, er, es, lo, oe, or, os, re, so, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-o-r-s-u-v" | |
+1 letter: overlush, overplus, oversoul, rivulose. | |
+2 letters: marvelous, nervously, ourselves, outlivers, overhauls, overrules, oversouls, pullovers, revulsion, trueloves. | |
+3 letters: boulevards, evaluators, grievously, involucres, marvellous, overblouse, overbuilds, overclouds, overpluses, overslaugh, oversubtle, oversupply, overvalues, previously, propulsive, ravenously, revulsions, unresolved, viperously, volumeters, volunteers, yourselves. | |
+4 letters: cavernously, marvelously, obtrusively, outdelivers, overarousal, overblouses, overmuscled, overslaughs, overzealous, purposively, revolutions, sporulative, sugarloaves, travelogues, turtledoves, venturously, veraciously, voluntaries. | |
+5 letters: cadaverously, countervails, griseofulvin, imperviously, nonuniversal, overarousals, overfulfills, overindulges, overslaughed, oversupplied, oversupplies, overutilizes, polioviruses, protrusively, renovascular, revaluations, superovulate, ultraviolets, unobservable, unresolvable, viruliferous, vocabularies, vociferously, volunteerism, voluptuaries. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 6C 6F 75 72 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . .-.. --- ..- .-. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01101100 01101111 01110101 01110010 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e l o u r s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 006C 006F 0075 0072 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56717881878485 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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