tunic

English

Wikipedia

A Roman dressed in a tunic.

A young boy in tunic and trousers.

Alternative forms

• tunick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tjʉːnɪk/

• Rhymes: -uːnɪk

Etymology

Middle French tunique, from Latin tunica, possibly from Semitic; see also Aramaic kittuna, Hebrew כותנתה (kuttoneth, “coat”); or from Etruscan.

Noun

tunic (plural tunics)

1. A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

Translations

garment

• Bulgarian: туника (bg) (tuníka) f 
• Catalan: túnica (ca) f
• Czech: tunika (cs) f
• Finnish: tunika, viitta, jakku, asetakki
• French: tunique (fr) f
• German: Tunika (de) f
• Hungarian: tunika (hu)

• Italian: tunica (it) f
• Jèrriais: teunique f
• Latin: tunica (la) f
• Nahuatl: camitl (nah)
• Polish: tunika (pl) f
• Russian: туника (ru) (tuníka) f 
• Spanish: túnica (es) f

Anagrams

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