tulle

Borrowed from French tulle, named after French Tulle (a town), named after Latin Tūtēla (a Roman deity), from Latin tūtēla (whence English tutelary), from Latin tueor (whence tutor, tutorial).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tjuːl/, /tuːl/, /tʊl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tuːl/

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• Rhymes: -uːl, -ʊl
• Homophone: tool

tulle (countable and uncountable, plural tulles)

1. A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.
   • 1985 December 21, Larry Hitt, “Perfect Couple Creation”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 23, page 7:

     I kept thinking of Marie Osmond — standing there at the altar, so brave in white tull ^[sic]. "Marriage isn't just for life," she said, "it's for eternity."

   • 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 240:

     ‘Before I forget, there is one turquoise tulle fabric I think you would love . . .’

• Tuell, ullet

tulle

1. illative singular of tuli

tulle

1. present active potential connegative of tulla

• lelut

Named after Tulle, where the fabric was first manufactured.

• IPA^(key): /tyl/

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tulle m (uncountable)

1. tulle

• → English: tulle
• → Esperanto: tulo
• → German: Tüll
• → Japanese: チュール (chūru)
• → Russian: тюль (tjulʹ)
• → Spanish: tul
• → Turkish: tül

• “tulle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

tulle

1. alternative form of tollen (“to bring”)

tulle

1. locative singular masculine/neuter of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)
2. accusative plural masculine of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)
3. vocative singular feminine of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)

tulle

1. inflection of tullir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative