gobelin

From the name of Parisian manufacturer Jean Gobelin.

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• Hyphenation: go‧be‧lin

gobelin m or n (plural gobelins, diminutive gobelintje n)

1. Gobelin, a rich, textured type of hand-stitched tapestry, fit to decorate a wall
2. a similar industrial fabric, used to cover furniture etc.

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Borrowed from Old Northern French gobelin (compare Norman goubelin, Walloon gobelin), possibly a blend of Old Dutch *kobeholdo (“goblin”) (compare Dutch kabouter, German Kobold) and Late Latin cobalus (“mountain sprite”), from Ancient Greek κόβαλος (kóbalos, “rogue, knave; goblin”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ.blɛ̃/

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gobelin m (plural gobelins)

1. a gnome, such as the evil goblin

   Synonyms: farfadet m, lutin m

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

• “gobelin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ignoble

Named after French Parisian manufacturing company founder Jean Gobelin, whose French name derives from German Kobold.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔˈbɛ.lin/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlin
• Syllabification: go‧be‧lin

gobelin m inan (diminutive gobelinek)

1. Gobelin (rich, textured type of hand-stitched tapestry, fit to decorate a wall)

   Synonyms: arras, tapiseria

• gobelin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gobelin in Polish dictionaries at PWN