chemise
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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) Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -iːz
Noun
editchemise (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.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editAnagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French chemise. Doublet of hemd.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editchemise f (plural chemises, diminutive chemisetje n)
- chemise (garment)
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”).
Noun
editchemise f (plural chemises)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Antillean Creole: chimiz
- Guianese Creole: chimiz
- Haitian Creole: chemiz
- Karipúna Creole French: ximiz
- Louisiana Creole: chimiz, chimij, chmiz, chimiy, chmij
- Seychellois Creole: simiz, cemiz
- → Dutch: chemise
- → English: chemise
- → Japanese: シュミーズ (shumīzu)
- → Ladino: shemiz
- → Neapolitan: scemisse
- → Scots: chemeis
- → Vietnamese: sơ-mi
- → Yemeni Arabic: شميز
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editchemise
- inflection of chemiser:
Further reading
edit- “chemise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Late Latin camisia.
Noun
editchemise oblique singular, f (oblique plural chemises, nominative singular chemise, nominative plural chemises)
Descendants
edit- Champenois: cheminge, cheminze
- Franc-Comtois: tchemise
- Gallo: chminzz
- French: chemise
- Antillean Creole: chimiz
- Guianese Creole: chimiz
- Haitian Creole: chemiz
- Karipúna Creole French: ximiz
- Louisiana Creole: chimiz, chimij, chmiz, chimiy, chmij
- Seychellois Creole: simiz, cemiz
- → Dutch: chemise
- → English: chemise
- → Japanese: シュミーズ (shumīzu)
- → Ladino: shemiz
- → Neapolitan: scemisse
- → Scots: chemeis
- → Vietnamese: sơ-mi
- → Yemeni Arabic: شميز
- Norman: queminse (continental Normandy), qu'minse, ch'minse (Guernsey), c'mînse (Jersey)
- Walloon: tchimijhe
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- en:Clothing
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