woolen

See also: Woolen

English

Alternative forms

• woollen (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool +‎ -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʊlən/

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• Rhymes: -ʊlən

Adjective

woolen (not comparable) (American spelling)

1. Made of wool.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), pages 40–41:

     In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.

2. Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths.

   woolen manufactures

   a woolen mill

   a woolen draper

Derived terms

• wool

Related terms

• wooly (US), woolly (UK)

Translations

made of wool

• Arabic: صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy)
• Bulgarian: вълнен (bg) (vǎlnen)
• Danish: ulden
• Dutch: wollen (nl)
• Finnish: villa- (in compounds), villainen (fi)
• French: en laine
• Galician: de la f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: wollen (de), Woll-
• Greek: μάλλινος (el) (mállinos)
• Hungarian: gyapjú (hu)
• Icelandic: ullar-
• Ido: lana (io)
• Ingrian: lankain
• Italian: di lana, in lana
• Japanese: 毛織物 (ja) (keorimono)
• Korean: 양모의 (ko) (yangmoui)
• Latin: lāneus (la)
• Macedonian: во́лнен (vólnen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ullen (no)

  Nynorsk: ullen

• Old English: wyllen
• Portuguese: de lã
• Romanian: de lână
• Russian: шерстяно́й (ru) (šerstjanój)
• Spanish: de lana
• Telugu: ఉన్ని (te) (unni)
• Turkish: yünlü (tr)
• Ukrainian: вовняний (vovnjanyj), шерстяний (šerstjanyj)
• Yiddish: וואָלן (voln)

Noun

woolen (plural woolens)

1. (American spelling) An item of clothing made from wool.

   Hyponyms: lambswool, sheepswool

   Put all the woolens in this basket.

   • 1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 240:

     American woolens could not compete with British fabrics when quality was important.

Translations

item of clothing made from wool

• Bulgarian: вълнена дреха f (vǎlnena dreha)
• French: lainage (fr)
• German: Wollware (de) f
• Korean: 모직물 (ko) (mojingmul)
• Swedish: ylle (sv) n