soutache

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noun

A narrow braid often decorated with a herringbone pattern

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounsoutache (plural soutaches)

plural soutaches

  1. A narrow braid often decorated with a herringbone pattern

Origin

  1. Hungariansujtás“ribbon, braid”
  2. Frenchsoutache
  3. Englishsoutache

Borrowed from French soutache, from Hungarian sujtás (“ribbon, braid”).

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Translations

Bulgarian гайтан
  • гайтан (gajtan)narrow braid
Finnish sutaasi
  • sutaasinarrow braid
Hungarian sujtás
  • sujtásnarrow braid
Polish sutasz
  • sutasznarrow braid

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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