french seam

French seam

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [french seem]
- /frɛntʃ sim/
- /frentʃ siːm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [french seem]
- /frɛntʃ sim/

Definitions of french seam words

noun french seam a seam in which the raw edges of the cloth are completely covered by sewing them together, first on the right side, then on the wrong. 1
noun french seam a seam in which the edges are not visible 0
noun french seam a seam in which the raw edge of the cloth is turned under and sewed in place on the inner side of the material 0

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Origin of french seam

First appearance:

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

First recorded in 1885-90

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Parts of speech for French seam

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of French seam

french seam popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 75% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

french seam usage trend in Literature

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