sparterie

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noun

Articles made from esparto.

OriginFrench sparterie ← Spanish esparto ← Latin spartum →
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Meanings

nounsparterie (uncountable)
  1. uncountableArticles made from esparto.

    Some of these hats are of straw and silk, or sparterie and silk, striped on the sides[…]

    1804, The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, volume 35

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσπάρτον“rope, cable”
  2. Latinspartum
  3. Spanishesparto“esparto”
  4. Frenchsparterie
  5. Englishsparterie

French sparterie, from Spanish esparto (“esparto”), Latin spartum from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

sparterie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparterie

MLA

“sparterie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparterie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sparterie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparterie.

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