chemise
English
Etymology
From Middle English chemise, from late Old English ċemes, cemes (“shirt”), and Anglo-Norman chemés (“shirt”) and Old French chainse, chamisae (“linen clothes, undergarment”); all 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
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Noun
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.
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French
Etymology
From Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisia, from Gaulish camisia, possibly ultimately from a Germanic reflex of Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.
Pronunciation
Noun
chemise f (plural chemises)
Descendants
- Antillean Creole: chimiz
- Guianese Creole: chimiz
- Karipúna Creole French: ximiz
- Louisiana Creole: chimiz, chimij, chmiz, chimiy, chmij
- Seychellois Creole: simiz, cemiz
- → Neapolitan: scemisse
- → Vietnamese: sơ-mi
Further reading
- “chemise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin camisia.
Noun
chemise oblique singular, f (oblique plural chemises, nominative singular chemise, nominative plural chemises)
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- en:Clothing
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- French 2-syllable words
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- fr:Clothing
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