English
Etymology
OE. sioloc, seolc. The immediate source is uncertain; it probably reached English via the Baltic trade routes (cognates in Old Norse silki, Russian ��лк, obsolete Lithuanian zilkaĩ), all from or cognate with late Latin sericum, neuter of Latin sericus, from Greek �η�ικ��, ultimately from an Oriental language (represented now by e.g. Chinese 絲 (sī) �silk�). Compare Seres.
Pronunciation
AHD|sÄlk, IPA|/sɪlk/
audio|en-us-silk.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ɪlk
Noun
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en-noun
- uncountable A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
#: The silk thread was barely visible.
- uncountable A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
#: I had a small square of silk, but it wasn't enough to make what I wanted.
- The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel
- colloquial a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel
Related terms
silken
silky
silkworm
smooth as silk
take silk
Translations
trans-top|fiber
Arabic: ARchar|ØرÙ�ر (ħarÄ«r)
Basque: zeta
Bosnian: svila f
Chinese: 絲, � (si1)
Croatian: svila f
Czech: hedvábÃ
Danish: silke c
Dutch: zijde f
Finnish: silkki
French: soie f
German: Seide f
Greek: με�άξι n
Gujarati: ર�શમ (rešam) n
Hindi: र�शम (rešam) m
Hungarian: selyemszál
Hebrew: �ש� (mesi) m
Italian: seta f
Japanese: 絹糸 (����, kinu'ito), 絹 (��, kinu)
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|ئا�ر�ش�
Lithuanian: Å¡ilkas
Persian: FAchar|ابر�ش� (abrišam)
Polish: jedwab m
Portuguese: seda f
Romanian: m�tase f
Russian: ��лк (šolk) m
Scottish Gaelic: sìoda m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �вила f
:Roman: svila f
Slovene: svila f
Spanish: seda f
Swedish: silke n
Telugu: ప���� (paTTu)
Turkish: ipek
Ukrainian: �овк (šovk) m
Urdu: URchar|ر�ش� (rešam) m
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trans-top|fabric
Bosnian: svila f
Croatian: svila f
Dutch: zijde f, zijdedoek m
Finnish: silkki
Hungarian: selyem
Japanese: 絹� (���, kinuji), 絹 (��, kinu)
Portuguese: seda f
Romanian: m�tase f
trans-mid
Russian: ��лк (šolk) m
Scottish Gaelic: sìoda m, sròl m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �вила f
:Roman: svila f
Telugu: ప���� (paTTu)
Ukrainian: �овк (šowk) m
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See also
sericin
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