Suede

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sweɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd
• Homophones: swayed

Origin

French gants de Suède ("(gloves of) Sweden")

Full definition of suede

Noun

1. A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.
• 1954, Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur Chapter 17, “She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”

Adjective

1. Made of suede

Derived terms

• suede brush
• suedehead
• suede shoe