French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French tissu, participle of tistre (modern tisser). Compare Italian tessuto.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ti.sy/
  • Audio; le tissu:(file)

Noun

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tissu m (plural tissus)

  1. fabric
  2. (anatomy) tissue

Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French tissu, past participle of tistre.

Forms with /ʃ/ do not reflect palatalisation of /s/ (as in modern English); instead, they exist because Old French /s(s)/ was perceived as being phonetically closer to Middle English /ʃ/ than to /s/.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tiˈsiu̯/, /tiˈʃiu̯/
  • (with stress retraction) IPA(key): /ˈtisiu̯/, /ˈtiʃiu̯/

Noun

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tissu

  1. tissue (silk fabric)
  2. A strip of such fabric.

Descendants

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  • English: tissue
  • Scots: tishie

References

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