denim

B2 Topic:Materials & Substances

US /ˈdɛnəm/ UK /ˈdɛnɪm/ See IPA manual

Freq #21695

Meanings

1

noun
A strong, heavy cotton fabric, usually blue, used to make jeans.

She wore a jacket made of dark blue denim.
2

noun
Trousers made of this fabric; jeans.

He pulled on his denims and headed out to work in the garden.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a strong, heavy cotton... dungareejean

2 noun · trousers made of this... jean

Word family

Forms denims

Simplified etymology

Denim, recorded from the late 17th century, comes from French serge de Nîmes, meaning “serge from Nîmes.” The phrase referred to a type of cloth associated with the French city.

Etymology

From the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.

Topics

Materials & Substances

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# denim

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɛnəm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɛnɪm/
**Frequency rank:** 21695

## Meanings
1. A strong, heavy cotton fabric, usually blue, used to make jeans.
2. Trousers made of this fabric; jeans.

## Examples
- She wore a jacket made of dark blue denim.
- He pulled on his denims and headed out to work in the garden.

## Etymology
From the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.

## AI Etymology
Denim is from the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced. As a noun, the word names a person, thing, state, or result associated with the older form rather than introducing a separate visible root. In use as a noun, denim denotes a strong, heavy cotton fabric, usually blue, used to make jeans and trousers made of this fabric; jeans. Typical contexts include “She wore a jacket made of dark blue denim” and “He pulled on his denims and headed out to work in the garden”.

## Topics
- Materials & Substances

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