How to pronounce arras
American English pronunciation
AR-us
- IPA
- /ˈæɹəs/
- Syllables
- AR · us (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What arras means
A rich cloth with woven pictures, hung on a wall
In a sentence: A faded arras showing a garden full of birds hung in the castle's great hall.
Where it comes from: It is named after Arras, a city in France that was famous for making these wall hangings in the 1400s.
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