pleather

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noun

Faux leather, usually made of polyurethane.

OriginEnglish leather ← Middle English lether ← Old English leþer →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

nounpleather (usually uncountable, plural pleathers)

plural pleathers

  1. uncountableusuallyFaux leather, usually made of polyurethane.

    From the black, belted fur vest and turban-style headgear on the left, to the perforated pleather jacket with gold studs in the middle, to the white shift and black caplet punctuated with ...

    1983, Elizabeth Bucar, Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress, page 168

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  3. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  5. Latinplasticus
  6. Englishplastic
  7. Proto-Celtic*letros
  8. Proto-Germanic*leþrą
  9. Proto-West Germanic*leþr
  10. Old Englishleþer
  11. Middle Englishlether
  12. Englishleather
  13. Englishpleather

Blend of plastic + leather.

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Translations

Spanish antelina, polipeli
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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pleather

whetherweathertogetherleatherheatheraltogetherfeathernetherwethertethermetheruntogether
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Cite this entry
APA

pleather. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleather

MLA

“pleather.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleather. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pleather,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleather.

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