camisa

camisa

Aragonese

Etymology

From Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “camisa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Etymology

From Old Leonese, from Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

Noun

camisa f (plural camises)

1. shirt

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Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin camisia (compare Occitan camisa or chamisa, French chemise, Spanish camisa), from Transalpine Gaulish, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kəˈmi.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.za/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

camisa f (plural camises)

1. shirt, blouse
2. folder
3. dust jacket

   Synonym: sobrecoberta

4. jacket (outer shell of a bullet)
5. (automotive) cylinder sleeve
6. (castells, informal) A casteller who has been formally accepted as a member of a colla
7. (lighting) mantle

   Synonym: camiseta

Derived terms

• aixecar la camisa
• camisa de dormir
• camisa de força
• camiseta
• deixar sense camisa
• encamisar

 

References

• “camisa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese camisa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of possible Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmisa̝/

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt

   Synonyms: chambra, blusa, cos, envestidoiro

2. shedding (of a snake)

Related terms

• camiseta
• camisón
• camisola
• escamisar

References

• “camisa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “camisa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “camisa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “camisa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “camisa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.sa/

Noun

camisa (plural camisas)

1. shirt

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Leonese

Etymology

From Old Leonese, from Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt

References

• AEDLL

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin camisia (“shirt”), from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈmi.za/

Noun

camisa f

1. shirt (article of clothing)
   • 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão da Guarda, B 1306: Pois a todos avorrece (facsimile)

     ela t(ra)ge camiſa / De ſirgo

     she's wearing a silk shirt

Descendants

• Fala: camisa
• Galician: camisa
• Portuguese: camisa (see there for further descendants)

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin camisia (“shirt”), from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmiza/

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt
   • 1140-1207, El Cantar de mio Cid (The Song of my Lord), 72r, 3612-3638: Cantar de mio Cid

     el belmez con la camisa e con la guarnizón

     the padded tunic with the shirt and gambleston

Descendants

• Ladino: kamisa
• Spanish: camisa (see there for further descendants)

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Portuguese

camisa

Etymology

From Old Portuguese camisa (“shirt”), from Late Latin camisia (“shirt”), from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈmi.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧sa

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt (light garment worn over the torso)
2. (Brazil) chemise; nightgown (garment mainly worn by women for sleeping in)

   Synonym: (Brazil) camisola

3. coat; hood (protective cover of an object)

   Synonyms: capa, invólucro

Derived terms

• camisinha
• camisola

Related terms

• camiseta

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: kamisa
• Kabuverdianu: kamisa, kamiza
• → Kannada: ಕಮಿಸು (kamisu)
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: kamidz
• Kristang: kameza
• Principense: kamiza
• Sãotomense: kaminza
• → Telugu: కమీజు (kamīju)
• → Tetum: kamiza
• → Malay: kemeja
  • Indonesian: kemeja

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish camisa, from Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmisa/ [kaˈmi.sa]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: ca‧mi‧sa

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt
2. gas mantle

Derived terms

• camisa de fuerza
• camisa negra
• camisería
• camisero
• camiseta
• camisón
• descamisado

 

Related terms

• chemise

Descendants

• → Chavacano: kamisa
• → Classical Nahuatl: camīxah, camīxahtli
• → Jakaltek: camiẍe
• → Papiamentu: camisa
• → Tagalog: kamisa
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: camixajtli̱

Further reading

• “camisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish camisa.

Noun

camisa

1. shirt

References

• Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., 2006, page 19