Refers to the fabric velvet. Often used in compound words like ビロードのよう (velvety). Cross-referenced with ベルベット, which is a more common modern loanword for velvet.
from Portuguese veludo
See also: ベルベット
This sofa is upholstered in velvet.
She was wearing a velvet dress.
ベルベット is a more common modern loanword for velvet, while ビロード is an older borrowing from Portuguese. ビロード may carry a slightly more traditional or classical nuance.
Standard katakana spelling for this Portuguese loanword. It is usually written in kana.
Ateji spelling, rarely used. Included for recognition.
Variant ateji spelling, even rarer. Included for recognition.
Borrowed from Portuguese 'veludo' (velvet). The kanji forms are ateji (phonetic equivalents) and are rarely used.