chiton
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkaɪtn̩/, /ˈkaɪtɑn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkaɪtn̩/, /ˈkaɪtɒn/
- Rhymes: -aɪtən
Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian 𒌆𒃰 (kitû, literally “flax, linen”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒃰 (kitû [GIŠ.GADA]).
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]chiton (plural chitons or chitones)
- (historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
- 1992, Donna Tartt, The Secret History:
- On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis’s house.
- 1998, Colette Susan Czapski, “NM238: A Hellenistic Statue and Its Archaistic Support”, in Kim J. Hartswick, Mary Carol Sturgeon, editors, Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, page 53:
- She wears a diaphanous himation that covers her torso, over a floor-length chiton of heavier fabric.
- 2002, chapter I, in Nikolaos Kaltsas, editor, Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens[1], page 156:
- She wears a chiton and himation, using both hands to hold the edge of the latter, in which she has gathered apples.
Coordinate terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Greek tunic
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See also
[edit]Chiton (costume) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Cryptochiton_stelleri.jpg/220px-Cryptochiton_stelleri.jpg)
From New Latin chiton. See above.
Noun
[edit]chiton (plural chitons)
- Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
- 1969, Sam Hinton, chapter I, in Seashore Life of Southern California[2], page 72:
- In the giant chiton, Cryptochiton, this girdle has expanded so as to completely cover the plates.
- 1979, R. McNeill Alexander, chapter I, in The Invertebrates[3], page 295:
- The chiton (Fig. 14.1 a) is depressed (dorso-ventrally flattened), with a large foot which has a flat sole.
- 1996, Paul Henson, chapter I, in The Natural History of Big Sur[4], page 70:
- The bright orange gumboot chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri) is the largest in the world.
Synonyms
[edit]- (mollusc): coat-of-mail shell, gumboot, loricate, polyplacophoran, polyplacophore, sea cradle, sea bug (archaic)
Translations
[edit]mollusc
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See also
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).
Noun
[edit]chiton m (plural chitons)
- chiton (Greek tunic)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).
Noun
[edit]chiton m (plural chitons or chitonen)
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”).
Noun
[edit]chiton m (plural chitons)
- chiton (clothing)
See also
[edit]Chiton (vêtement) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from New Latin chiton.
Noun
[edit]chiton m (plural chitons)
Further reading
[edit]- “chiton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “chiton” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]chiton n (plural chitoane)
- chiton (clothing)
Declension
[edit]Declension of chiton
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) chiton | chitonul | (niște) chitoane | chitoanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) chiton | chitonului | (unor) chitoane | chitoanelor |
vocative | chitonule | chitoanelor |
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