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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French tissu, participle of tistre (modern tisser). Compare Italian tessuto.
Pronunciation
Noun
tissu m (plural tissus)
- fabric
- (anatomy) tissue
Further reading
Middle English
- tissew, tisshew, tisshue, tissue, tusshewe, tussu, tysshew, tysshewe, tyssew, tyssu, tyssue
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /tiˈsiu̯/, /tiˈʃiu̯/
- (with stress retraction) IPA(key): /ˈtisiu̯/, /ˈtiʃiu̯/
Noun
tissu
- tissue (silk fabric)
- A strip of such fabric.
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