grogram

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French gros-grain (“coarse grain, a strong fabric”), from gros (“coarse”) + grain (“grain”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old, mature”)). The word is a doublet of grosgrain which was borrowed later. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɒɡɹəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑɡɹəm/ Hyphenation: gro‧gram === Noun === grogram (countable and uncountable, plural grograms) A strong, rough fabric made up of a mixture of silk, and mohair or wool. A garment made from this fabric. ==== Alternative forms ==== grogran ==== Hypernyms ==== grosgrain (“corded fabric with the weft heavier than the warp”) ==== Derived terms ==== grog (speculatively) ==== Descendants ==== → French: gourgouran→ Catalan: gorgorà→ Portuguese: gorgorão→ Spanish: gorgorán ==== Translations ==== === Notes === === References === === Further reading === grosgrain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “grogram”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.