flannel

== English == === Alternative forms === flannen (dialectal) flanan, flanning, flanen (Scotland) === Etymology === From Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wlānos, *wlanā (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. More at wool. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflænəl/ Rhymes: -ænəl Hyphenation: flan‧nel === Noun === flannel (countable and uncountable, plural flannels) (uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers. Coordinate term: tartan (New Zealand, British, countable) A washcloth. (US, countable) A flannel shirt. (slang, uncountable) Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap. (UK, obsolete) Synonym of flip (“hot mixture of beer, spirit, etc.”). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Chinese: 法蘭絨／法兰绒 (fǎlánróng) → Danish: flannel → French: flanelle→ Catalan: franel·la→ Dutch: flanelAfrikaans: flanel → German: Flanell→ Danish: flonel → Italian: flanella→ Luxembourgish: Flanell→ Portuguese: flanela→ Spanish: franela→ Tagalog: pranela→ Egyptian Arabic: فنلّة → Swedish: flanell → Japanese: フランネル (furaneru) ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === flannel (not comparable) Made of flannel. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === flannel (third-person singular simple present flannels, present participle (US) flanneling or (UK) flannelling, simple past and past participle (US) flanneled or (UK) flannelled) (transitive) To rub with a flannel. (transitive) To wrap in flannel. (transitive) To flatter; to suck up to. Synonyms: fawn, toady; see also Thesaurus:suck up (transitive, slang) To waffle or prevaricate. === Anagrams === fannell == Danish == === Etymology === From English flannel. Cognate to flonel and to Welsh gwlân (“wool”). === Noun === flannel soft, slightly scratched woven fabric made of wool === References === “flannel” in Den Danske Ordbog