jute
/d͡ʒuːt/
jute noun: the coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.
Noun (1)
jute (countable and uncountable, plural jutes)
- The coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.
- The plants from which this fibre is obtained.
Noun (2) capitalized: Jute
Jute (plural Jutes)
- A member of the Germanic tribe that existed in modern-day Denmark that invaded England about the same time as the Angles and the Saxons in the beginning of the Middle Ages, but were eventually integrated by the time of the Norman Conquest.
- No Jute is left to wield a sword to save this hoard. No one is left to swing the battle-ax skyward.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 40
jute meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
jute in Hindi
- fibre of Corchorus olitorius
- जूट jūṭ
jute in Tamil
- fibre of Corchorus olitorius
- சணல் caṇal
jute in Urdu
- پٹ سن, سن
jute in Bengali
- fibre of Corchorus olitorius
- পাট paṭ, ঝুট jhuṭ
More languagesFewer languages
- jute in Telugu
- జనపనార janapanāra, జనుము janumu
- jute in Malayalam
- ചണം caṇaṁ
- jute in Kannada
- ಸೆಣಬು seṇabu
- jute in Punjabi
- ਪਟਸਨ paṭsan
- jute in Assamese
- মৰাপাট morapat
- jute in Tagalog
- saluyot
- jute in Arabic
- جوت jut
- jute in Indonesian
- jute
- jute in Thai
- ปอ bpɔɔ
- jute in Myanmar
- ဂုန်လျှော်ပင် gunhlyaupang
- Dhivehi
- މާބުޅާ mābuḷā
Forms of jute
| plural | jutes |
|---|---|
| plural | Jutes |
Origin of jute
Borrowed from Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ). Likely related to Ukrainian джгут (džhut) and Russian жгут (žgut).
From Latin plural Iuti, Iutae (in Bede), from Old English Ēotas. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *eut, from Proto-Germanic *eutaz, *eutaniz. The spelling was later influenced by Medieval Latin Jutae, Juti.
Words formed from jute
Phrases with jute
Words that rhyme with jute
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cute
- moot
- overshoot
- recruit
- salute
- volute
- dispute
- impute
- pollute
- scoot
- snoot
- substitute
- chute
- depute
- dilute
- hoot
- loot
- pursuit
- reboot
- scute
- uproot
- Beirut
- cahoot
- Clute
- convolute
- lute
- zoot
- ablute
- Aleut
- argute
- astute
- beaut
- bruit
- compute
- coot
- doot
- en route
- glout
- minute
- newt
- poot
- refute
- repute
- resolute
- 'tute
- angel lute
- butte
- cheroot
Questions about jute
- What does jute mean?
- Jute means the coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.
- What is jute in Hindi?
- Jute in Hindi is जूट (jūṭ). See Jute meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is jute?
- Jute is a noun.
- How do you pronounce jute?
- Jute is pronounced /d͡ʒuːt/.
- What is the plural of jute?
- The plural of jute is jutes.
Words near jute in the dictionary
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