suede
/sweɪd/
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Scotland/swed/
suede noun: a type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.
Noun
suede (usually uncountable, plural suedes)
- A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.
- “She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 17, in The Subtle Minotaur
- Richard DeLongpre: Mmm, your belly skin is like suede.
Jeremy DeLongpre: Thanks.
Richard: Tough but soft, like a man.2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
Adjective
suede (not comparable)
- Made of suede.
Verb
suede (third-person singular simple present suedes, present participle sueding, simple past and past participle sueded)
suede meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
suede in Hindi
- सुएडे, स्यूडे
suede in Marathi
- स्यूडे, स्यूड
suede in Bengali
- নরম চামড়া, সুয়েড
suede in Telugu
- స్యూడ్, స్యూడే
More languagesFewer languages
- suede in Malayalam
- സ്യൂഡ്
- suede in Kannada
- ಸ್ಯೂಡ್, ಸ್ಯೂಡೆ
- suede in Punjabi
- ਸੁਏਡੇ
- suede in Gujarati
- સ્યૂડે, સુએડે, સ્યૂડ
- suede in Nepali
- सुएडे
- suede in Persian
- جیر jir
Examples of suede in a sentence
- I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck.
- Did you just step on my blue suede shoes? You're dog food now!
- Did you just step on my blue suede shoes? You're dog meat now!
Forms of suede
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | suedes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | suedes |
| present participle | sueding |
| past participle | sueded |
| past | sueded |
Origin of suede
Borrowed from French gants de Suède (“gloves from Sweden”). Doublet of Swede.
Words formed from suede
Words that rhyme with suede
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abraid
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
Questions about suede
- What does suede mean?
- Suede means a type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.
- What is suede in Hindi?
- Suede in Hindi is सुएडे, स्यूडे. See Suede meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is suede?
- Suede can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce suede?
- Suede is pronounced /sweɪd/.
- What is the plural of suede?
- The plural of suede is suedes.
Words near suede in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: suede (page history and authors); suede (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suede (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suede (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suede (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suede (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suede (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suede (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suede (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suede (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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