shirt

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A shirt

Etymology

From Old English scyrte, from Germanic *skurtijōn. Cognate with Dutch schort, German Schürze (“apron”). Skirt is a parallel formation from Old Norse; compare also short, from the same ultimate source.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Noun

shirt (plural shirts)

1. An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.
   • 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, BBC Sport:

     Holt was furious referee Michael Oliver refused to then award him a penalty after Ledley King appeared to pull his shirt and his anger was compounded when Spurs immediately levelled.

2. ("shirts and skins" games) a member of the shirt-wearing team.

Derived terms

• dress shirt
• nightshirt
• give the shirt off one's back
• hair shirt
• keep one's shirt on
• lose one's shirt
• polo shirt
• shirts and skins
• stuffed shirt
• sweatshirt
• t-shirt
• undershirt

Translations

article of clothing

• Afrikaans: hemp (af)
• Albanian: këmish (sq)
• Alviri-Vidari:

  Vidari: پیران (pirān)

• Amharic: ሸሚዝ (am) (šämiz)
• Amuzgo: kotôⁿ
• Arabic: قميص (ar) (qamīṣ) m
• Armenian: վերնաշապիկ (hy) (vernašapik), շապիկ (hy) (šapik)
• Aromanian: cãmeashã (rup) f
• Asturian: camisa (ast) f
• Azeri: köynək (az)
• Belarusian: кашуля (be) (kašúlja) f, сарочка (be) (saróčka) f, рубашка (be) (rubáška) f
• Bengali: শার্ট (bn) (sharţ)
• Breton: roched (br) f
• Bulgarian: риза (bg) (ríza) f
• Burmese: အင်္ကျီ (my) (in׃ gji)
• Catalan: camisa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 襯衫 (cmn), 衬衫 (cmn) (chènshān), 襯衣 (cmn), 衬衣 (cmn) (chènyī)

• Crimean Tatar: kölmek (northern dialect also kölekse)
• Czech: košile (cs) f
• Dalmatian: camaisa f
• Danish: bluse (da) c, skjorte (da) c, trøje (da) c
• Dutch: hemd (nl) n, overhemd (nl) n, shirt (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉemizo (eo)
• Estonian: särk (et)
• Finnish: paita (fi)
• French: chemise (fr) f
• Friulian: čhamese f
• Galician: camisa (gl) f
• Georgian: პერანგი (ka) (perangi)
• German: Hemd (de) n
• Greek: πουκάμισο (el) (poukámiso) n
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: חולצה (he) (khultsá) f
• Hiligaynon: kamisadentro
• Hindi: क़मीज़ (hi) (qamīz) f
• Hungarian: ing (hu)
• Icelandic: skyrta (is) f
• Ido: kamizo (io)
• Indonesian: kemeja (id)
• Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
• Interlingue: camise (ie)
• Irish: léine (ga) f
• Italian: camicia (it) f
• Japanese: シャツ (ja) (shatsu), (business shirt, "white shirt") ワイシャツ (ja) (waishatsu)
• Jèrriais: c'mînse f
• Kamba: shati
• Kazakh: жейде (kk) (jeyde), көйлек (kk) (köylek)
• Khmer: អាវ (km) (aav)
• Kikuyu: sati
• Kinyarwanda: ijipo (rw)
• Korean: 셔츠 (ko) (syeochu), 와이 셔츠 (ko) (wai syeochu), 남방 (ko) (nambang)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کراس (ku)

• Kyrgyz: көйнөк (ky) (köynök)
• Lao: ເສື້ອເຊີດ (lo) (sư̄a sœ̄t)

• Latvian: krekls (lv)
• Lithuanian: marškiniai (lt) m pl
• Lojban: creka (jbo)
• Luhya: lishati
• Luo: shat
• Luxembourgish: Hiem (lb) n
• Macedonian: кошула (mk) (kóšula) f, маица (mk) (máica) f
• Malay: baju (ms), kemeja (ms)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Maltese: qmis (mt) f
• Meru: shati
• Mongolian: дотуур цамц (mn) (dotuur tsamts)
• Navajo: deijiʼ ééʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skjorte (nb) m and f

  Nynorsk: skjorte (nn) f

• Novial: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: camisa (oc) f
• Pashto: خت (ps) (xət) m
• Persian: پیراهن (fa) (pirâhan)
• Polish: koszula (pl) f
• Portuguese: camisa (pt) f
• Romanian: cămașă (ro) f
• Romansch: chamischa (rm) f
• Russian: рубашка (ru) (rubáška) f, сорочка (ru) (soróčka) f
• Sardinian: camigia (sc)

  Campidanese Sardinian: camisa

  Gallurese Sardinian: camisgia

  Logudorese Sardinian: bentòne, camisa

• Sassarese Sardinian: camixa
• Scots: sark
• Scottish Gaelic: lèine (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кошуља (sh) f, мајица (sh) f

  Roman: košulja (sh) f, majica (sh) f

• Sicilian: cammisa (scn) f
• Slovak: košeľa (sk) f
• Slovene: srajca (sl) f, majica (sl) f
• Spanish: camisa (es) f
• Swahili: shati (sw)
• Swedish: skjorta (sv) c
• Tagalog: kamiseta (tl), kamisa (tl)
• Tajik: курта (tg) (kurta), пироҳан (tg) (pirohan)
• Talysh:

  Asalemi: شوی (šavi)

• Tamil: சட்டை (ta) (sattai)
• Taos: cûdena
• Telugu: చొక్కా (te) (cokkā)
• Thai: เสื้อเชิ้ต (th) (sêua chért), เสื้อ (th) (sêua)
• Turkish: gömlek (tr)
• Turkmen: köýnek (tk)
• Ukrainian: сорочка (uk) (soróčka) f, кошуля (uk) (košúlja) f
• Urdu: قمیض (ur) (qamīz) f, قمیص (ur) (qamīs) f
• Uzbek: ko'ylak (uz)
• Vietnamese: áo sơ mi (vi)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: crys (cy) m
• West Frisian: himd (fy)

Verb

shirt (third-person singular simple present shirts, present participle shirting, simple past and past participle shirted)

1. To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.

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