sateen

sa·teen
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/səˈtiːn/

noun

A type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin.

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Meanings

nounsateen (countable and uncountable, plural sateens)

plural sateens

  1. countableuncountableA type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin.

    The elaboration of her sateen costume (somewhat dirty and torn now) showed that she was an optimate.

    1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 112

Origin

A 19th century variant of satin, perhaps influenced by velveteen.

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Translations

Bulgarian сатен
  • сатен (saten)a type of shiny cotton cloth
Catalan setí
  • setía type of shiny cotton cloth
Chinese Mandarin 棉緞 /棉缎
  • 棉緞 /棉缎 (miánduàn)a type of shiny cotton cloth
Czech satén
  • saténa type of shiny cotton cloth
Japanese 綿繻子, 毛繻子
  • 綿繻子 (menjyusu)a type of shiny cotton cloth
  • 毛繻子 (kejyusu)a type of shiny cotton cloth
Māori tatāna
  • tatānaa type of shiny cotton cloth
Polish satyna
  • satynaa type of shiny cotton cloth
Slovak satén
  • saténa type of shiny cotton cloth
Spanish satén
  • saténa type of shiny cotton cloth

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

senateSanteetenaseensate
Cite this entry
APA

sateen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sateen

MLA

“sateen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sateen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sateen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sateen.

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