# denim
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdɛnɪm/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈdɛnəm/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Noun

denim (countable and uncountable, plural denims)
* A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
** 1889, William Eleroy Curtis, “The Commerce of Mexico”, in Trade and Transportation Between the United States and Spanish America, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, part first (Trade), chapter section “The cotton trade”, page 31:The Mexican people want a cheaper grade of drillings, sheetings, denims, and other fabrics than are called for in our domestic markets, and purchase them in England because they can not be bought in the United States.
** 1938, Omnibook, page 465:Fabrics: Gamine fabrics are informal as possible. For sports: tweeds, flannels, suedes, cottons, and denims;
** 1946, United States Tariff Commission, Dyes: Prepared in Response to Requests from the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives (War Changes in Industry Series; Report No. 19), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 25:Indigo, a typical member of this group of dyes, is widely used on denims and other fabrics for work clothes because of its very low cost and excellent fastness to washing.

#### Derived terms

* bedenimed
* bull denim
* denimed
* denimlike
* denimwear
* denimy
* double denim

#### Related terms

* jeans

#### Descendants

* → Danish: denim
* → Dutch: denim
* → Finnish: denimi
* → Irish: deinim
* → Japanese: デニム (denimu)
* → Korean: 데님 (denim)

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* EDMIn, Indem., menid, minde, mined

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English denim.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdeː.nɪm/, /ˈdɛ.nɪm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: de‧nim

### Noun

denim n (uncountable)
* denim

#### Synonyms

* spijkerstof

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /də.nim/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

denim m (plural denims)
* denim

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʲeːnʲimʲ/

### Verb

·denim
* Alternative spelling of ·dénim

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Spanish
### Noun

denim m (uncountable)
* denim

## Turkish
### Etymology

From English denim.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: de‧nim

### Noun

denim (definite accusative denimi, plural denimler)
* denim

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
denim
denimler
definite accusative
denimi
denimleri
dative
denime
denimlere
locative
denimde
denimlerde
ablative
denimden
denimlerden
genitive
denimin
denimlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
denimim
denimlerim
2nd singular
denimin
denimlerin
3rd singular
denimi
denimleri
1st plural
denimimiz
denimlerimiz
2nd plural
deniminiz
denimleriniz
3rd plural
denimleri
denimleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
denimimi
denimlerimi
2nd singular
denimini
denimlerini
3rd singular
denimini
denimlerini
1st plural
denimimizi
denimlerimizi
2nd plural
deniminizi
denimlerinizi
3rd plural
denimlerini
denimlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
denimime
denimlerime
2nd singular
denimine
denimlerine
3rd singular
denimine
denimlerine
1st plural
denimimize
denimlerimize
2nd plural
deniminize
denimlerinize
3rd plural
denimlerine
denimlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
denimimde
denimlerimde
2nd singular
deniminde
denimlerinde
3rd singular
deniminde
denimlerinde
1st plural
denimimizde
denimlerimizde
2nd plural
deniminizde
denimlerinizde
3rd plural
denimlerinde
denimlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
denimimden
denimlerimden
2nd singular
deniminden
denimlerinden
3rd singular
deniminden
denimlerinden
1st plural
denimimizden
denimlerimizden
2nd plural
deniminizden
denimlerinizden
3rd plural
denimlerinden
denimlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
denimimin
denimlerimin
2nd singular
deniminin
denimlerinin
3rd singular
deniminin
denimlerinin
1st plural
denimimizin
denimlerimizin
2nd plural
deniminizin
denimlerinizin
3rd plural
denimlerinin
denimlerinin :

### References

* “denim”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu