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velour

/vəˈlʊə(ɹ)/

velour noun: a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.

velour: a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser
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Noun

velour (countable and uncountable, plural velours)

  1. A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.

velour meaning in Urdu and Kannada

velour in Urdu

مخمل

velour in Kannada

ಮೃದುವಾದ ಮೇಲ್ಮೈಯುಳ್ಳ, ಭಾರವಾದ ಬಟ್ಟೆ

Forms of velour

pluralvelours

Origin of velour

Borrowed from French velours (“velvet”).

Words formed from velour

Words that rhyme with velour

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Questions about velour

What does velour mean?
Velour means a knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.
What is velour in Urdu?
Velour in Urdu is مخمل. See Velour meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is velour?
Velour is a noun.
How do you pronounce velour?
Velour is pronounced /vəˈlʊə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of velour?
The plural of velour is velours.

Words near velour in the dictionary

  1. veloplasty
  2. Veloso
  3. Velosos
  4. velotaxi
  5. velotaxis
  6. velour
  7. veloured
  8. velours
  9. veloutine
  10. veloutines
  11. velouté

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: velour (page history and authors); velour (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); velour (Kannada 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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