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Gobelin
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gobelin
English
Etymology
Named after a Parisian manufacturing company founded by Jean Gobelin, whose en fr - name derives from en de Kobold evil gnome.
Noun
+s manufactory
A mainly French and Flemish type of tapestry having richly coloured pictorial designs.
IV 40 So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
Translations
a mainly French and Flemish type of tapestry
Bulgarian: bg гоблен m
Dutch: gobelin m and n, nl wandtapijt n
Esperanto: eo gobelino
Hungarian: hu gobelin
Macedonian: mk гоблен m
Polish: pl gobelin m, pl arras m, pl tapiseria f
Portuguese: pt gobelim m, pt gobelina f
Spanish: es gobelino m
Swedish: sv gobeläng c
See also
en gobelin
en goblin
Anagrams
en begilno gobline ignoble inglobe
en eponyms
German
Etymology
From a de fr - manufacturing company, see above.
Pronunciation
de De-Gobelin.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,s,s
an artistically decorated type of tapestry
Declension
m,s,s
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