chamois
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from French en chamois, from Gaulish camox (5th c., Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ligurian). Compare also Old High German gamiza ("chamois"; > Modern German Gämse).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Of the chromatic sense (both nounal and adjectival) and of the caprine sense (in the singular):
- Of the caprine sense (in the plural):
- Of the chromatic sense (both nounal and adjectival) and of the sense concerning leather (in the singular):
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æmi
- Of the sense concerning leather (in the plural):
Adjective[edit]
chamois (not comparable)
- Chamois-coloured.
Noun[edit]
chamois (plural chamois)
- A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
- (Usually as “chamois leather”) Soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used).
- The traditional colour of chamois leather.
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chamois colour:
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Translations[edit]
goat
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cloth
colour
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Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin camōx, camōcis (5th c.), from Gaulish, probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ligurian).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chamois m (plural chamois)
- chamois (animal)
- chamois (leather)
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from French
- English borrowed terms
- English terms derived from Gaulish
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Antelopes
- en:Fabrics
- en:Browns
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Gaulish
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French plurals
- French countable nouns
- fr:Antelopes
- fr:Fabrics
