chemisette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chemisette.

Noun

chemisette (plural chemisettes)

1. An item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment.
   • Kokoro by Natsume Soseki, 1914, English by Edwin McClellen, 1968

     Of the items I was asked to buy, the one that gave me most trouble was a chemisette.

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French

Etymology

chemise +‎ -ette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.mi.zɛt/

Noun

chemisette f (plural chemisettes)

1. short-sleeved shirt/blouse

Further reading

• “chemisette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.