chemise

See also: chemisé

English

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Etymology

From Middle English chemise, from Old English ċemes, cemes ‎(“shirt”), and Anglo-Norman chemés ‎(“shirt”) and Old French chainse, chamisae ‎(“linen clothes, undergarment”); all from Latin camisa, camisia ‎(“shirt, undergarment, nightgown”), from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją ‎(“clothes, shirt, skirt”), 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”). More at hame.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈmiːz/

Noun

chemise ‎(plural chemises)

1. (historical) A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
2. A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
3. A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.
4. A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.

Translations

a loose-fitting undergarment

• Maori: henui

short nightdress

• French: chemise de nuit (fr) f, nuisette (fr) f
• Japanese: シュミーズ ‎(shumīzu), シミーズ ‎(shimīzu)

• Maori: henui
• Russian: (же́нская OR ночна́я) соро́чка (ru) f ‎(soróčka)

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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} женска риза ‎(ženska riza)

Derived terms

• chemisette

Anagrams

• schemie

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French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin camisia.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ʃəmiz/, /ʃœmiz/

Noun

chemise f ‎(plural chemises)

1. shirt
2. folder (office supplies)

Descendants

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• Antillean Creole: chimiz
• English: chemise, shimmy
• Guianese Creole: chimiz
• Karipúna Creole French: ximiz
• Louisiana Creole French: chimiz, chimij, chmiz, chimiy, chmij
• Neapolitan: scemisse
• Seychellois Creole: simiz, cemiz

External links

• “chemise” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin camisia.

Noun

chemise f ‎(oblique plural chemises, nominative singular chemise, nominative plural chemises)

1. shirt; overshirt

Descendants

descendants

edit Gallo: chminzz Middle French: French: chemise Antillean Creole: chimiz English: chemise, shimmy Guianese Creole: chimiz Karipúna Creole French: ximiz Louisiana Creole French: chimiz, chimij, chmiz, chimiy, chmij Neapolitan: scemisse Seychellois Creole: simiz, cemiz Norman: queminse (continental Normandy), qu'minse, ch'minse (Guernsey), c'mînse (Jersey) Walloon: tchimijhe