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denim

/ˈdɛnɪm//ˈdɛnəm/

denim noun: a textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

denim: a textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern
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Noun

denim (countable and uncountable, plural denims)

  1. A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
    • The Mexican people want a cheaper grade of drillings, sheetings, denims, and other fabrics than are called for in our domestic markets, and purchase them in England because they can not be bought in the United States.1889, William Eleroy Curtis, “The Commerce of Mexico”, in Trade and Transportation Between the United States and Spanish America, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, part first (Trade)...
    • Fabrics: Gamine fabrics are informal as possible. For sports: tweeds, flannels, suedes, cottons, and denims;1938, Omnibook, page 465

denim meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

denim in Hindi

डेनिम, डेनीम

denim in Tamil

டெனிம்

denim in Marathi

डेनिम, डेनीम

denim in Urdu

ڈینم
More languagesFewer languages
denim in Bengali
ডেনিম, দেনিম
denim in Telugu
డెనిమ్, డేనిమ్
denim in Malayalam
ഡെനിം, ഡെനിമ്
denim in Kannada
ಡೆನಿಮ್, ಡೇನಿಮ್
denim in Punjabi
ਡੈਨੀਮ, ਡੇਨਿਮ, ਡੇਨੀਮ
denim in Gujarati
ડેનિમ, ડેનીમ
denim in Odia
ଡେନିମ୍, ଡେନିମ
denim in Nepali
डेनिम, डेनिम्
denim in Tagalog
maong
denim in Arabic
جِينْز jīnz, دِينِم dīnim
denim in Persian
جین jin

Examples of denim in a sentence

  • Denim has a tendency to fade.
  • People today love pre-distressed denim for the same reason earlier generations loved singing cowboys.
  • All thoughts of the man encased in the spanktastic tight denim are lost as we move closer.

All 31 example sentences with denim

Forms of denim

pluraldenims

Plural of denim: denims

Origin of denim

From the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.

Words formed from denim

Questions about denim

What does denim mean?
Denim means a textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
What is denim in Hindi?
Denim in Hindi is डेनिम, डेनीम. See Denim meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is denim?
Denim is a noun.
How do you pronounce denim?
Denim is pronounced /ˈdɛnɪm/ (UK).
What is the plural of denim?
The plural of denim is denims.

Words near denim in the dictionary

  1. Denikes
  2. Denikinite
  3. Denikinites
  4. denileukin diftitox
  5. Deniliquin
  6. denim
  7. denimed
  8. denimlike
  9. denims
  10. denimwear
  11. denimy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: denim (page history and authors); denim (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); denim (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); denim (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); denim (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); denim (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); denim (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); denim (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); denim (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); denim (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); denim (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); denim (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); denim (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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