chino
US/ˈtʃinoʊ/
chino noun: a coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
Noun
chino (countable and uncountable, plural chinos)
Proper noun capitalized: Chino
Chino (plural Chinos)
- A surname.
- A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
chino meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
chino in Hindi
- चीनो
chino in Tamil
- முடிச்சுடை பருத்தித்துணி, சீனம்
chino in Marathi
- चीनो, चिनो
chino in Urdu
- چینو
More languagesFewer languages
- chino in Telugu
- చీనో, చైనో
- chino in Malayalam
- ചിനോ, ചീനോ
- chino in Punjabi
- ਚੀਨੋ, ਚਿਨੋ
- chino in Gujarati
- ચિનો
- chino in Odia
- ଚିନୋ
- chino in Nepali
- चिनो
Forms of chino
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chinos |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Chinos |
Origin of chino
A term used by American veterans of the Spanish-American war. It is theorized that the cloth or the trousers were made in China. The American Heritage Dictionary says that the word is from American Spanish chino, literally "toasted", in reference to its usual color. But this is not a usual meaning of the Spanish word.
Words formed from chino
Phrases with chino
Questions about chino
- What does chino mean?
- Chino means a coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
- What is chino in Hindi?
- Chino in Hindi is चीनो. See Chino meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chino?
- Chino can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce chino?
- Chino is pronounced /ˈtʃinoʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of chino?
- The plural of chino is chinos.
Words near chino in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chino (page history and authors); Chino (page history and authors); chino (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chino (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chino (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chino (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chino (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chino (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chino (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chino (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chino (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chino (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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