haberdashery

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noun

Ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop.

Similar
clothing storehaberdashery storemens storemen's furnishings
UncommonScrabble 24

Meanings

nounhaberdashery (countable and uncountable, plural haberdasheries)

plural haberdasheries

  1. countableuncountableRibbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop.
  2. countableuncountableA shop selling such goods.
  3. countableuncountableA shop selling clothing and accessories for men, including hats.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna store where men's clothes are sold

Similar
clothing storehaberdashery storemens store
Broader

nounthe drygoods sold by a haberdasher

Similar
men's furnishings

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian галантерия, кинкалерия
  • галантерия (galanterija)ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • кинкалерия (kinkalerija)ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • галантерия (galanterija)a shop selling such goods
  • кинкалерия (kinkalerija)a shop selling such goods
Catalan merceria, merceria
  • merceriaribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • merceriaa shop selling such goods
Chinese Mandarin 服飾品 /服饰品, 服飾品店 /服饰品店
  • 服飾品 /服饰品 (fúshìpǐn)ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • 服飾品店 /服饰品店 (fúshìpǐndiàn)a shop selling such goods
Czech galanterie, galanterie
  • galanterieribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • galanteriea shop selling such goods
Dutch fournituren, fourniturenwinkel
  • fourniturenribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • fourniturenwinkela shop selling such goods
Finnish ompelutarvikkeet, ompelutarvikeliike
  • ompelutarvikkeetribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • ompelutarvikeliikea shop selling such goods
French mercerie, mercerie
  • mercerieribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • merceriea shop selling such goods
German Kurzwaren, Kurzwarengeschäft
  • Kurzwarenribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • Kurzwarengeschäfta shop selling such goods
  • Kurzwarenladena shop selling such goods
Hungarian rövidáru, rövidáru-kereskedés
  • rövidáruribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • rövidáru-kereskedésa shop selling such goods
  • rövidáruüzleta shop selling such goods
  • férfidivatárushop selling clothing and accessories for men, including hats
  • férfidivatáru-üzletshop selling clothing and accessories for men, including hats
  • férfidivatáru-kereskedésshop selling clothing and accessories for men, including hats
Irish mionéadach, mionearraí
  • mionéadachribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • mionearraíribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
Japanese 服飾品, 服飾品店
  • 服飾品 (fukushokuhin)ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • 服飾品店 (fukushokuhinten)a shop selling such goods
Norwegian Bokmål kortevare, kortevareforretning
  • kortevareribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • kortevareforretninga shop selling such goods
Persian لوازم خرازی, خرازی
  • لوازم خرازیribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • خرازیa shop selling such goods
Polish pasmanteria, pasmanteria
  • pasmanteriaribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • pasmanteriaa shop selling such goods
  • galanteriashop selling clothing and accessories for men, including hats
Portuguese retrosaria, retrosaria
  • retrosariaribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • retrosariaa shop selling such goods
  • armarinhoa shop selling such goods
Romanian mercerie, mercerie
  • mercerieribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • merceriea shop selling such goods
Russian галантере́я, галантере́я
  • галантере́я (galanteréja)ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
  • галантере́я (galanteréja)a shop selling such goods
  • галантере́йный магази́н (galanteréjnyj magazín)a shop selling such goods
Spanish mercería
  • merceríaa shop selling such goods
Swedish sybehörsaffär
  • sybehörsaffära shop selling such goods
Ukrainian галантере́я
  • галантере́я (halanteréja)ribbons, buttons, thread, needles and similar sewing goods sold in a haberdasher's shop
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