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chiton

See also: Chiton and chitón

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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]).

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chiton (plural chitons or chitones)

  1. (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.
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other Ancient Greek costume
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Etymology 2 edit

 
A chiton, Cryptochiton stelleri

From New Latin chiton. See above.

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chiton (plural chitons)

  1. 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.
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  • IPA(key): /ˈxi.tɔn/
  • Hyphenation: chi‧ton

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).

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chiton m (plural chitons)

  1. chiton (Greek tunic)

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).

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chiton m (plural chitons or chitonen)

  1. chiton (mollusc of the class Polyplacophora)
    Synonym: keverslak

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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”).

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chiton m (plural chitons)

  1. chiton (clothing)
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from New Latin chiton.

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chiton m (plural chitons)

  1. chiton (mollusc)
    Synonym: oscabrion

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Borrowed from French chiton.

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chiton n (plural chitoane)

  1. chiton (clothing)

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Declension of chiton
singular plural
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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