cashmere

See also: Cashmere

English

Appellativisation of Cashmere.

cashmere (usually uncountable, plural cashmeres)

(chiefly uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
(chiefly uncountable) A soft fabric made of this wool.
a cashmere sweater
(countable) A rich kind of shawl made from this wool.
(countable, by extension) Any similar shawl.

fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat

soft fabric made of wool

Afrikaans: kasjmier, kassemier
Bulgarian: кашмир m (kašmir)
Catalan: caixmir m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開司米／开司米 (zh) (kāisīmǐ)
Finnish: kašmirvilla (fi)
French: cachemire (fr) m
Greek: κασμίρι (el) n (kasmíri)
Hindi: काश्मीरा (hi) m (kāśmīrā)
Hungarian: kasmír (hu)
Japanese: カシミヤ (kashimiya)
Kalmyk: кашмр (kaşmr)
Mongolian: ноолууран эдлэл (nooluuran edlel), ноолууран даавуу (nooluuran daavuu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kasjmir m

Nynorsk: kasjmir m
Polish: kaszmir (pl) m
Russian: кашеми́р (ru) m (kašemír)
Turkish: kaşmir (tr)

a shawl made from cashmere

cashmere m (plural cashmeres)

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