Velours
German, noun[vəˈluːɐ̯]
Velours is a German neuter noun meaning “velour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Textilie mit samtartiger, weicher Oberfläche”.
What does Velours mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutervelour
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Textilie mit samtartiger, weicher Oberfläche
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Velours
- Velour variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Velours?
- [vəˈluːɐ̯]
- [veˈluːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Velours
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Velours in German?
Velours appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).