stramien

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stramijn, stamijn, from Old French estamin, estamine (“light wool”), borrowed from Latin stāmineus (“full of threads, fibrous”), from stāmen (“thread”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /straːˈmin/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: stra‧mien
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

stramien n (plural stramienen, diminutive stramientje n)

  1. course fabric used as a base for embroidery
  2. (figurative) pattern, framework

Descendants

  • → German: Stramin
  • → Indonesian: strimin
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