tamis
See also: tam-is, Tamis, and tamís
English
Several metal tamises
Alternative forms
- tammy
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- Homophone: tammy
Noun
tamis (countable and uncountable, plural tamises)
- (cooking) A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.
- The cloth itself; a tammy.
Coordinate terms
- food mill
- chinois
Related terms
- tammy
Further reading
tamis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- amits, maist
French
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.mi/
- Hyphenation: ta‧mis
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Noun
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.
Derived terms
- tamiser
Descendants
- → English: tamis
- → Spanish: tamiz
Further reading
- “tamis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- tam-is – dialectal or obsolete
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)mis. Compare Cebuano tam-is and Malay manis.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ta‧mís
- IPA(key): /taˈmis/, [tɐˈmis]
Noun
tamís
- sweetness; sweet taste
- Synonym: katamisan
- pleasure; pleasurable experience
Derived terms
- katamisan
- magmatamis
- magpatamis
- matamis
- matamisan
- matamisin
- matamis-tamis
- minatamis
- napakatamis
- pampatamis
- patamis
- patamisan
- patamisin
- patamis-tamisin
- tamisan
- tamis-tamisan
- tumamis
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)mis.
Noun
tamis
- taste
Verb
tamis
- to taste