Wiktionary

chiffon

English edit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 
a chiffon silk gown

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French chiffon, from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”); see chip.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪˈfɑn/, /ˈʃɪfɑn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun edit

chiffon (countable and uncountable, plural chiffons)

  1. A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.
    Her dresses are made from these marvelous chiffons.
  2. Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

French edit

Etymology edit

From chiffe +‎ -on.

Chiffe is from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”) from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”) from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”), from Old English *ċippian (“to chip, shave, splinter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kipp-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵey- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). More at English chip.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

chiffon m (plural chiffons)

  1. rag
  2. scrap
    Synonym: loque

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Catalan: xifó
  • → English: chiffon
  • → Spanish: chifón
  • → Portuguese: chiffon

Further reading edit

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from French chiffon.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: chif‧fon

Noun edit

chiffon m (uncountable)

  1. chiffon (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=chiffon&oldid=78750276"