tamis
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Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, of unclear origin.
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.
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tamis (countable and uncountable, plural tamises)
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Inherited from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Late Latin tamisium, from Frankish *tamisu (“sieve, screen”). Cognate with English temse. Compare also regional Italian tamiso.
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tamis m (plural tamis)
- 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.
- 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.
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- “tamis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)mis. Compare Bikol Central hamis, Cebuano tam-is and Malay manis.
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tamís (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋᜒᜐ᜔)
- sweetness; sweet taste
- Synonym: katamisan
- pleasure; pleasurable experience
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- “tamis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)mis.
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tamis
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tamis
- to taste