chemise

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See also: chemisé

English

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Etymology

From 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.

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ʃəˈmiːz/, /ʃəˈmiːs/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʃəˈmiːz/
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  • Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

chemise (plural chemises)

  1. (historical) A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
  2. A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
  3. A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.
  4. A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”).

Noun

chemise f (plural chemises)

  1. shirt
  2. folder (office supplies)
  3. chemise (wall-enforcing earthwork)
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chemise

  1. inflection of chemiser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Old French

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin camisia.

Noun

chemise oblique singular, f (oblique plural chemises, nominative singular chemise, nominative plural chemises)

  1. shirt; overshirt

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