gingham

English

a gingham tea towel/dishcloth

Etymology

From Malay genggang (“ajar; apart”), or a corruption of French Guingamp, the name of a town in Brittany, France where this cloth may have been made. See gingham on WikipediaWikipedia for more.

Noun

gingham (countable and uncountable, plural ginghams)

A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks

Translations

a cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks

Chinese:
Cantonese: 格子棉布 (gaak³ zi² min⁴ bou³)

Mandarin: 格子棉布 (zh) (gézi miánbù)
French: vichy (fr) m
German: Gingan m

Hiligaynon: ginggon
Irish: guingeám m, guingeán m
Japanese: ギンガム (gingamu)
Malagasy: gingana (mg)
Malay: genggang, gingam

Further reading

gingham on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
gingham on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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