percaline
French, noun\pɛʁ.ka.lin\
percaline is spelled P-E-R-C-A-L-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Percaline is a French feminine noun meaning “percaline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Toile de coton légère et lustrée, qui sert principalement à faire des doublures, il s'agit d'une percale dont…”.
What does percaline mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepercaline
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Toile de coton légère et lustrée, qui sert principalement à faire des doublures, il s'agit d'une percale dont les fils sont moins tors et moins serrés. 2. Toile de coton au fil rond et au tissu ras, fin et serré, teinte, enduite et gaufrée. Elle imite le grain du maroquin.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of percaline
- percalines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce percaline?
- \pɛʁ.ka.lin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is percaline in French?
percaline appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).