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tamis

See also: tam-is, Tamis, and tamís

English

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Several metal tamises

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Etymology

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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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Noun

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tamis (countable and uncountable, plural tamises)

  1. (cooking) A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.
  2. The cloth itself; a tammy.

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French

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Etymology

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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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  • IPA(key): /ta.mi/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧mis
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Noun

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tamis m (plural tamis)

  1. 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.
  2. 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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Descendants

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  • → English: tamis
  • → Spanish: tamiz

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)mis. Compare Ilocano sam-it, Pangasinan samit, Bikol Central hamis, Cebuano tam-is and Malay manis.

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tamís (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. sweetness; sweet taste
    Synonym: katamisan
  2. pleasure; pleasurable experience

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Further reading

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  • “tamis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)mis.

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tamis

  1. taste

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tamis

  1. to taste
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