English Explanatory Dictionary

jute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.
  2. The plants from which this fibre is obtained.
noun
  1. A member of the Germanic tribe that existed in modern-day Denmark that invaded England about the same time as the Angles and the Saxons in the beginning of the Middle Ages, but were eventually integrated by the time of the Norman Conquest.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒuːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jute.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-jute.wav /juːt/

Word forms

jute jutes

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ). Likely related to Ukrainian джгут (džhut) and Russian жгут (žgut).

Derived words

Congo jute jutelike jute mallow Juteopolis nalta jute tossa jute Jutic Jutish
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