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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

tessuto

Pronunciation / Transliteration: teh-soo-toh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fabric/ˈfæb.rɪk/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il vestito era fatto di un tessuto morbido e traspirante."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Material, typically produced by weaving or knitting textile fibers.

    "The dress was made of a soft, breathable fabric perfect for summer."
  2. 2

    The underlying structure or framework of something.

    "The fabric of society is often tested during times of crisis."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin fabricah, meaning 'workshop' or 'artful production', stemming from faber meaning 'craftsman'. Over time in Middle English, the term shifted from the physical process of construction to the material structure itself, eventually specializing in woven textiles.

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