tamis

See also: tam-is and Tamis

English

Several metal tamises

Alternative forms

• tammy

Etymology

Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, from Frankish *tamis, *tamusi, from Proto-Germanic *tamusį̄ (“sieve; strainer; sile”). Cognate with Old High German zemis (dialectal German Zims), Dutch teems (“sieve”), West Frisian teams, tiems, German Low German Teemse, Teems, Old English temes, Old English temesian (“to sieve; sift”). Doublet of temse.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: tammy

Noun

tamis (countable and uncountable, plural tamises)

1. A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth
2. The cloth itself; tammy.

Coordinate terms

• food mill
• chinois

Related terms

• tammy

Further reading

• tamis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• amits, maist

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin tamisium, itself from Gaulish tamesium. Compare regional Italian tamiso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.mi/
• Hyphenation: ta‧mis

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Noun

tamis m (plural tamis)

1. sieve, riddle

   Déplacez le tamis de gauche à droite 30 fois, en faisant un mouvement de tamisage.

   Move the sieves from left to right 30 times using a sifting motion.

2. screen (mesh for filtering)

   Enlever les filtres, les tamis et les pastilles et les laver séparément.

   Remove and clean filters, screens and nozzle tips separately.

Derived terms

• tamiser

Descendants

• → English: tamis
• → Spanish: tamiz

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tam-is (obsolete, now chiefly Batangas)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)mis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧mís
• IPA^(key): /taˈmis/, [tɐˈmis]

Noun

tamís

1. sweetness

Derived terms

• matamis