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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesvime
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈvi.mi/
"A cadeira de vime é muito confortável para a varanda."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The thin, pliable stems of a palm, used to make wickerwork and furniture.
"They placed a stylish rattan chair on the sunlit veranda." - 2
A climbing palm that yields rattan canes, native to tropical regions of Asia and Africa.
"The dense jungle was thick with thorny rattan vines tangling through the canopy."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Malay word 'rotan', referring to the climbing palms of the subfamily Calamoideae. The term entered English in the late 16th century via trade and exploration in Southeast Asia, preserving its original reference to the pliable stems used extensively in furniture making.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Rattan" is said worldwide
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rotin
Transliteration: /ʁɔ.tɛ̃/
"Le fauteuil est fabriqué en rotin naturel."
Rattan
Transliteration: /ʁaˈtaŋ/
"Die Gartenmöbel sind aus strapazierfähigem Rattan gefertigt."
rattan
Transliteration: /ratˈtan/
"Il tavolino da salotto è fatto di rattan intrecciato."
ratán
Transliteration: /raˈtan/
"Compramos unos sillones de ratán para la terraza."
vime
Transliteration: /ˈvi.mi/
"A cadeira de vime é muito confortável para a varanda."
बेन्त
Transliteration: bent
"यह कुर्सी बेन्त से बनाई गई है।"
藤
Transliteration: téng
"这把椅子是用藤编织的。"
등나무
Transliteration: deungnamu
"거실에 등나무로 만든 가구를 놓았습니다."
籐
Transliteration: tō
"ベランダに籐の椅子を置きました。"
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