serpillière

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

serpillière

attested in the 12th century to designate a coarse woolen cloth. Uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *sirpicularia ("coarse reed cloth"), derived from scirpus ("rush").

Definitions

Synonyms

wassinguesinceloque à reloqueterpanossetorchontoile à laverpièce à frotter

Plural

serpillières

Translations

  • germangerman:Wischtuch
  • englishenglish:mop
  • spanishspanish:fregona
  • italianitalian:strofinaccio
  • japanesejapanese:モップ
  • dutchdutch:dweil
  • russianrussian:полотенце
  • swedishswedish:skurtrasa

See also

serper (v.) serpe (cn.) serpette (cn.) serpillère (cn.)