suede

Etymology

French (gants de) Suède (“(gloves of) Sweden”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sweɪd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd
• Homophone: swayed

Noun

suede (usually uncountable, plural suedes)

1. A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.
   • 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 17, in The Subtle Minotaur‎:

     “She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”

Adjective

suede (not comparable)

1. Made of suede