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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Gewebe

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ɡəˈveːbə/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tissue/ˈtɪʃuː/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2150 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das menschliche Gewebe besteht aus vielen Zellen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Any of the distinct types of material of which animals or plants are made, consisting of specialized cells and their products.

    "Muscle tissue is composed of cells that can contract."
  2. 2

    A soft, thin, disposable paper product used for wiping or blowing the nose.

    "She pulled a tissue from the box to wipe away her tears."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French tissue, meaning 'woven cloth', past participle of tistre 'to weave', from Latin texere. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a woven textile fabric to biological cellular structures in the 18th century, and later to disposable soft paper products in the 20th century.

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