foulard

English

Etymology

From French foulard.

Pronunciation

a foulard petticoat from 1882

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fuːˈlɑːd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /fuːˈlɑɹd/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

Noun

foulard (countable and uncountable, plural foulards)

1. A lightweight silk or silk-and-cotton fabric, often with a printed pattern. [from 19th c.]
   • 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad:

     The Empress and the little Grand Duchess wore simple suits of foulard (or foulard silk, I don't know which is proper,) with a small blue spot in it […]

   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 176:

     A lot of foulard tie bulged out and was rain-spotted above his crossed lapels.

   • 1947, Men's Wear, volume 114, page 90, column 1:

     "Frammis on the Antispode": The doubletalk heading this paragraph takes the sting out of Mr. Ruark's comment, even if his gay colored foulard Sinatra bow tie didn't contradict his comment[.]

2. A piece of clothing, or a handkerchief, made with this fabric. [from 19th c.]

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:foulard.

French

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps related to fouler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.laʁ/

Noun

foulard m (plural foulards)

1. headscarf

Descendants

• → English: foulard
• → Italian: foulard
• → Ottoman Turkish: فولار (fular)
  • Turkish: fular
• → Romanian: fular
• → Spanish: fular, foulard

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French foulard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈlar/
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

foulard m (invariable)

1. foulard

   Synonym: fazzoletto

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French foulard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈlaɾ/ [fuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Noun

foulard m (plural foulards)

1. foulard

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.