chiton

English

A woman wearing a chiton (left), and two women with a himation over a chiton (right).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʌɪtɒn/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitōn, “tunic”), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian  (kitû) /  (kita’um, “flax", "linen”), from Sumerian  (gada) /  (gida).

Noun

chiton (plural chitons)

1. A loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in Ancient Greece.
   • 1992, Donna Tartt, The Secret History

     On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis’s house.

See also

• Chiton (costume) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Chiton (costume)

Coordinate terms

other Ancient Greek costume

chlamys exomis himation

palla peplum, peplos toga

Translations

Greek tunic

• Bulgarian: хитон (bg) (hiton) m
• Finnish: kitoni (fi), khiton (fi)

• French: chiton (fr) m
• Russian: хитон (ru) (xiton) m

References

• American Heritage Dictionary (fourth edition, 2000) entry on the chiton

Etymology 2

From New Latin chiton. See above.

Noun

chiton (plural chitons)

1. Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.

See also

• Chiton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

mollusc

• French: chiton (fr) m

• Navajo: táłtłʼááh chʼoshtʼą́hí bikááʼtsʼinígíí

Anagrams

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