# satin
## English
### Etymology

From French satin, which is derived from "Zaitun", the Arabic name for the Chinese city of Quanzhou, itself derived from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”), from phono-semantic matching from Chinese 刺桐 (MC tshjeH duwng, “coral tree”) in 刺桐城 (MC tshjeH duwng dzyeng, “coral tree town”), an old name for Quanzhou.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsætɪn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ætɪn

### Noun

satin (countable and uncountable, plural satins)
* A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
** 1878, Henry Yule, "Chinchew" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 673:
    Ibn Batuta informs us that a rich silk texture made here was called Zaitûniya; and there can be little doubt that this is the real origin of our word Satin,—Zettani in mediæval Italian, Aceytuni in Spanish.
* (slang, obsolete) Gin (the drink).
** 2014, Richard Gordon, The Private Life of Jack the Ripper, page 13:'This poor gal was robbed, barely left a stitch, that and the drink... mind, I likes a drop of satin – wot you'd call gin – myself. I'll say nothing against it. She ended thrown out of an upstairs winder.'

#### Derived terms

* antique satin
* Denmark satin
* farmers' satin
* satinash
* satin bowerbird
* satin carpet
* satin damask
* satin de chine
* satin de laine
* satinet
* satinette
* satinflower
* satin flycatcher
* satin glass
* satin jean
* satin paper
* satinpod
* satin sheeting
* satin spar
* satin stitch
* satin stone
* satin weave
* satinwood
* satiny
* slipper satin
* surf satin
* white satin
* yard of satin

#### Related terms

* sateen

#### Translations
### Adjective

satin (not comparable)
* Semigloss.
    satin paint

#### Translations
### Verb

satin (third-person singular simple present satins, present participle satining, simple past and past participle satined)
* (transitive) To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin.

### References

* ↑ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2020 January 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on 1 January 2022
* ↑ https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9S0525
* ↑ Tellier, Luc-Normand (2009), Urban World History: An Economic and Geographical Perspective, Quebec: University of Quebec Press, p. 221, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2015-09-24, retrieved 2015-12-16.
* (gin): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

### Further reading

* “satin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* stain, saint, stian, Sinta, Saint, Natsi, tians, insta-, Tians, Astin, Santi, tisan, naits, Insta, Tanis, antis

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English satin, from French satin.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: sa‧tin

### Noun

satin
* satin

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.tɛ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

satin m (plural satins)
* satin

### References

* ↑ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎ (in French), 2020 January 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on 1 January 2022
* ↑ https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9S0525
* ↑ Tellier, Luc-Normand (2009), Urban World History: An Economic and Geographical Perspective, Quebec: University of Quebec Press, p. 221, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2015-09-24, retrieved 2015-12-16.

### Further reading

* “satin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Noun

satin m (invariable)
* satin
    Synonyms: raso, setino, zetani, (obsolete) zettani

#### Derived terms

* satinato

### Anagrams

* Nasti, Santi, santi, stani

## Latin
### Etymology

Contraction of satisne.

### Adverb

satin (not comparable)
* introducing questions
    Satin hoc plane? ― Is this beyond all doubt?
    Satin omnia ex sententia? ― Is everything going according to plan?
    Satin salva sunt omnia? ― Is everything sound?

### References

* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. are you in your right mind: satin (= satisne) sanus es?

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French satin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saˈtin/

### Noun

satin n (uncountable)
* satin

#### Declension
### Further reading

* satin in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* satäng

### Noun

satin c or n
* satin

#### Declension
### References

* satin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* satin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* satin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* saten

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish satén, from French satin, from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”). Doublet of aseytuna and aseytuno.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /saˈtin/ [sɐˈt̪in̪]
* Rhymes: -in
* Syllabification: sa‧tin

#### Noun

satín (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜒᜈ᜔)
* satin
    Synonym: raso

##### Related terms

* satinado
* satinador

##### See also

* seda

#### Adjective

satín (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜒᜈ᜔)
* made of satin

### Etymology 2

See sa'tin.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsatin/ [ˈsaː.t̪ɪn̪]
* Rhymes: -atin
* Syllabification: sa‧tin

#### Contraction

satin (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜒᜈ᜔)
* Alternative spelling of sa'tin

### Further reading

* “satin”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “satin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* sinta, istan, sinat, Tsina