chemise
English edit
Etymology edit
From French chemise, from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisa, camisia ("shirt, undergarment, nightgown"; whence Old English cemes (“shirt”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”) (whence Old English hemeþe, Old High German hemidi, modern German Hemd (“shirt”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).
Cognate also with Saterland Frisian Hoamd (“shirt”), Dutch hemd (“shirt”), Old English ham (“undergarment”), hama (“covering, dress, garment”). See also shimmy, from a dialectal variant. More at hame.
Pronunciation edit
- (US) IPA(key): /ʃəˈmiːz/, /ʃəˈmiːs/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʃəˈmiːz/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -iːz
Noun edit
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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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”).
Noun edit
chemise f (plural chemises)
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
chemise
- inflection of chemiser:
Further reading edit
- “chemise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin camisia.
Noun edit
chemise oblique singular, f (oblique plural chemises, nominative singular chemise, nominative plural chemises)