Definition
Small samples or pieces of fabric, paint, or other material used to show color or quality; plural of swatch.
Etymology
Origin uncertain; possibly from Dutch 'swadde' or a variant of 'patch'. First appeared in English in the 17th century as a term for cloth samples.
Kelly Says
Interior designers and architects obsessively collect swatches because seeing a paint color on a tiny chip is wildly different from seeing it covering an entire wall—lighting, surface texture, and surrounding colors completely change perception.
Translations
CACatalà
mostres
mos-tres
DEDeutsch
Muster
m-u-ster
ELΕλληνικά
δείγματα
dei-gmata
ESEspañol
muestras
mwe-ah-stras
FISuomi
näytteet
na-ytte-et
FRFrançais
échantillons
a-n-ch-on-yom
IDBahasa Indonesia
potongan
po-tongan
ITItaliano
campioni
kam-pee-o-nee
MRMR
उदाहरणे
u-dha-ha-ra-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
contoh
kon-toh
NLNederlands
staaltjes
sta-lt-jes
PTPortuguês
amostras
a-mo-stras
RUРусский
образцы
o-bra-tsy
SWKiswahili
samples
sam-ples
TAதமிழ்
உதாரணங்கள்
u-tha-ra-na-nga-l
TEతెలుగు
ఉదాహరణలు
u-da-ha-ra-na-lu
THไทย
ตัวอย่าง
tua-ya-ang
TLTL
halimbawa
ha-lim-ba-wa
TRTürkçe
örnekler
o-r-ne-kler
UKУкраїнська
зразки
zraz-ki