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Webster 1913 Edition

Chemise

Che-mise′

,
Noun.
[F., shirt, fr. LL.
camisa
,
camisia
, shirt, thin dress; cf. G.
hemd
, or OIr.
caimmse
sort of garment. Cf.
Camis
.]
1.
A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.
2.
A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chemise

CHEMISE

,
Noun.
1.
A shift, or under garment worn by females.
2.
A wall that lines the face of any work of earth.

Definition 2024

chemise

chemise

See also: chemisé

English

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

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin camisia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃəmiz/, /ʃœmiz/

Noun

chemise f ‎(plural chemises)

  1. shirt
  2. folder (office supplies)

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: chimiz
  • English: chemise, shimmy
  • Guianese Creole: chimiz
  • Karipúna Creole French: ximiz
  • Louisiana Creole French: chimiz, chimij, chmiz, chimiy, chmij
  • Neapolitan: scemisse
  • Seychellois Creole: simiz, cemiz

Old French

Etymology

From Latin camisia.

Noun

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

  1. shirt; overshirt

Descendants

Etymology

From Middle English chemise, from Old English ċemes, cemes ‎(“shirt”), and Anglo-Norman chemés ‎(“shirt”) and Old French chainse, chamisae ‎(“linen clothes, undergarment”); all from Latin camisa, camisia ‎(“shirt, undergarment, nightgown”), from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją ‎(“clothes, shirt, skirt”), 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”). More at hame.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʃəˈmiːz/

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