percale

common nouncommon noun

Syllable Decomposition

percale

first attested in the form percallen of which percaline is a variant, from Persian pārgālā (superfine cloth), through an Indian language see Indian.

Definition

Translations

  • germangerman:Perkalin
  • englishenglish:percale
  • spanishspanish:percal
  • italianitalian:percalle
  • dutchdutch:katoenbatist
  • polishpolish:perkal
  • portugueseportuguese:percal
  • russianrussian:перкаль