Meanings
nounlamé (countable and uncountable, plural lamés)
plural lamés
- uncountableA fabric made from gold or silver threads and silk, wool or cotton.
Their king, Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), an epicene seven-footer with a shaved head and what looks like a gold-lamé thong, lounges on cushions in his court, surrounded by aroused lesbians intertwined and writhing like snakes in a basket.
2007 April 2, David Denby, “Men Gone Wild”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2019
Origin
- Frenchlame
- Frenchlamé
- Englishlamé
Borrowed from French lamé.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan llama, lamé
- llamafabric
- laméfabric
Finnish lamee
- lameefabric
Greek λαμέ
- λαμέ (lamé)fabric
Italian lamé
- laméfabric
Polish lama
- lamafabric
Romanian lame
- lamefabric
Russian ламе́
- ламе́ (lamé)fabric
Spanish lamé
- laméfabric
Turkish lame
- lamefabric
Welsh eurwe, lamé
- eurwefabric
- laméfabric
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lamé
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
lamé. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lam%C3%A9
MLA
“lamé.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lam%C3%A9. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lamé,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lam%C3%A9.
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