cashmere

== English == === Alternative forms === cassimeer, cashmire === Etymology === Appellativization of Cashmere. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkæʃ.mɪə/, /kæʃˈmɪə/ (US) IPA(key): /kæʒˈmiɹ/, /ˈkæʒ.miɹ/, /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/, /kæʃˈmiɹ/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Homophone: Kashmir === Noun === cashmere (usually uncountable, plural cashmeres) (chiefly uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat. Hypernym: goathair (chiefly uncountable) A soft fabric made of this wool. (countable) A rich kind of shawl made from this wool. (countable, by extension) Any similar shawl. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === pashmina === References === === Anagrams === Marchese, search me, machrees, marchese, Remaches, macheers == French == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English cashmere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʃ.miʁ/ Hyphenation: cash‧mere === Noun === cashmere m (plural cashmeres) alternative spelling of cachemire == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English cashmere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaʃ.mir/, /kaʃˈmir/ Rhymes: -aʃmir, -ir Hyphenation: cash‧me‧re === Noun === cashmere m (invariable) alternative spelling of cachemire === Further reading === cashmere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication cashmere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI) cashmere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana