chemise
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French chemise, from Old French chemise (whence Old English ċemes, cemes (“shirt”)), from Late Latin camisa, camisia (“shirt, undergarment, nightgown”), from Frankish *chamithia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”) (whence also Old English hemeþe), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”). Cognate with Old High German hemidi (“shirt”) (German Hemd), Old English hemeþe (“shirt”), ham (“undergarment”), hama (“covering, dress, garment”). See also shimmy, from a dialectal variant. More at hame.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chemise (plural chemises)
- (historical) A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
- A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
- A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.
- A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisia, from Gaulish camisia, possibly ultimately from a Germanic reflex of Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.
Noun[edit]
chemise f (plural chemises)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb[edit]
chemise
- first/third-person singular present indicative of chemiser
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of chemiser
- second-person singular imperative of chemiser
Further reading[edit]
- “chemise” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.
Noun[edit]
chemise f (oblique plural chemises, nominative singular chemise, nominative plural chemises)
Descendants[edit]
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Frankish
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Clothing
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with homophones
- French terms with audio links
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Gaulish
- French terms derived from Germanic languages
- French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- French non-lemma forms
- French verb forms
- French terms inherited from Latin
- fr:Clothing
- Old French terms inherited from Late Latin
- Old French terms derived from Late Latin
- Old French terms derived from Transalpine Gaulish
- Old French terms derived from Germanic languages
- Old French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns
- Old French terms inherited from Latin