chemise
English
Etymology
From French chemise, from Old French chemise (whence Old English ċemes, cemes (“shirt”)), from Late Latin camisa, camisia (“shirt, undergarment, nightgown”), from Frankish *chamithia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”) (whence also Old English hemeþe), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).
Cognate with Old High German hemidi (“shirt”) (German Hemd), Old English hemeþe (“shirt”), ham (“undergarment”), hama (“covering, dress, garment”). See also shimmy, from a dialectal variant. More at hame.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʃəˈmiːz/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
chemise (plural chemises)
- (historical) A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
- A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
- A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.
- A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.
Derived terms
- chemise cagoule
- chemisette
Related terms
- camis
- shimmy
Translations
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Anagrams
- schemie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃə.miz/
- Homophones: chemisent, chemises
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Etymology 1
From Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisia, from Gaulish camisia, possibly ultimately from a Germanic reflex of Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.
Noun
chemise f (plural chemises)
- shirt
- folder (office supplies)
- chemise (wall-enforcing earthwork)
Derived terms
- changer d'avis comme de chemise
- chemise brune
- chemise de nuit
- chemise noire
- comme cul et chemise
- en bras de chemise
- retourner sa chemise
- se moquer comme de sa première chemise de
Descendants
- Antillean Creole: chimiz
- Guianese Creole: chimiz
- Karipúna Creole French: ximiz
- Louisiana Creole French: chimiz, chimij, chmiz, chimiy, chmij
- Seychellois Creole: simiz, cemiz
- → English: chemise
- → Ladino: shemiz
- → Neapolitan: scemisse
- → Scots: chemeis
- → Vietnamese: sơ-mi
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
chemise
- inflection of chemiser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “chemise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- cemise
Etymology
From Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hamiþī, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.
Noun
chemise f (oblique plural chemises, nominative singular chemise, nominative plural chemises)
- shirt; overshirt
Descendants
- Anglo-Norman: chemés
- → Old English: ċemes, cemes (late)
- Middle English: kemes
- → Old English: ċemes, cemes (late)
- Gallo: chminzz
- French: chemise (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: queminse (continental Normandy), qu'minse, ch'minse (Guernsey), c'mînse (Jersey)
- Walloon: tchimijhe