musselina
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French mousseline, from Italian mussolina.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mu.seˈlĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mu.seˈli.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.sɨˈli.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: mus‧se‧li‧na
Noun
musselina f (plural musselinas)
- muslin (thin cotton cloth)
Further reading
- “musselina”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “musselina”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025