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percale

UK/pəˈkeɪl/

percale noun: a fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.

Noun

percale (countable and uncountable, plural percales)

  1. A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.
    • In her percale bed. In her heaven of piled pillows.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 403

percale meaning in Bengali, Tagalog and Persian

percale in Bengali

একটি মিহি, ঘনভাবে বোনা কাপড়

percale in Tagalog

textile
perkal

percale in Persian

textile
پرگاله pargâle

Forms of percale

pluralpercales

Origin of percale

From French percale, of uncertain origin; probably compare percaulah.

Words that rhyme with percale

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Questions about percale

What does percale mean?
Percale means a fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.
What is percale in Bengali?
Percale in Bengali is একটি মিহি, ঘনভাবে বোনা কাপড়. See Percale meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is percale?
Percale is a noun.
How do you pronounce percale?
Percale is pronounced /pəˈkeɪl/ (UK).
What is the plural of percale?
The plural of percale is percales.

Words near percale in the dictionary

  1. perbromo
  2. perbufylline
  3. perc
  4. perc.
  5. Percabeth
  6. percale
  7. percales
  8. percaline
  9. percalines
  10. percalles
  11. percapella

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: percale (page history and authors); percale (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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