From Middle Dutch fluweel, veluel, velueel, from Old French veluel, Late Latin villūtus, from Latin villus (“woolly hair”).

• IPA^(key): /flyˈ(ʋ)eːl/

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• Hyphenation: flu‧weel
• Rhymes: -eːl

fluweel n (plural fluwelen, diminutive fluweeltje n)

1. velvet (closely woven fabric with pile on one side)

• Afrikaans: fluweel
• Negerhollands: fluweel, flyweel, flyveel, vlyveel