batik

See also: Batik
WOTD – 2 October 2015

English

Etymology

From Dutch batik, from Javanese ꦧꦜꦶꦏ꧀ (bathik)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈtʰiːk/
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Noun

batik (plural batiks)

  1. A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.

Translations

Verb

batik (third-person singular simple present batiks, present participle batiking, simple past and past participle batiked)

  1. To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.

Translations

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧tik

Noun

batik

  1. batik; a method of dyeing fabric
  2. the fabric that has been dyed this way

Verb

batik

  1. to dye a fabric using this method

French

Etymology

From Javanese

Noun

batik m (uncountable)

  1. batik

German

Verb

batik

  1. Imperative singular of batiken.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of batiken.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese [Term?].

Noun

batik

  1. batik

Italian

Noun

batik m (invariable)

  1. batik

Portuguese

Noun

batik m (plural batiks)

  1. Alternative form of batique
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