organza

English

an organza skirt

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænzə

Noun

organza (usually uncountable, plural organzas)

1. A thin, stiff, sheer fabric that is made from silk or a synthetic yarn, which resembles organdy, and is used in dressmaking.
   • 2004, Monika Fagerholm, Translator Kathleen Tucker, The American Girl, Other Press, published 2009, page 202:

     But Pinky, at night, toward the morning, to become a woman, was that it? How the white legs would glow against the fire-colored chiffon and bright pink organza, Pinky's white white legs.

French

Noun

organza m (plural organzas)

1. organza

Italian

Noun

organza

1. organza (light, transparent fabric suitable for woman dresses)

   Synonym: organdis

Anagrams

• garzano

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /oɾˈɡanθa/ [oɾˈɣ̞ãn̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oɾˈɡansa/ [oɾˈɣ̞ãn.sa]
• Rhymes: -anθa
• Rhymes: -ansa
• Syllabification: or‧gan‧za

Noun

organza f (plural organzas)

1. organza

Further reading

• “organza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014