chemise
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chemise
- /ʃəˈmiːz/ US
- /ʃəˈmiːs/ US
- /ʃəˈmiːz/ UK
Rhymes with -iːz
Where it comes from
From French chemise, from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisa, camisia ("shirt, undergarment, nightgown"; whence Old English cemes (“shirt”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”) (whence Old English hemeþe, Old High German hemidi, modern German Hemd (“shirt”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).
Cognate also with Saterland Frisian Hoamd (“shirt”), Dutch hemd (“shirt”), Old English ham (“undergarment”), hama (“covering, dress, garment”). See also shimmy, from a dialectal variant. More at hame.
noun chemises
- A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women. Then he touched her chemise, and though it was made of burlap, to him it seemed the finest and sheerest silk.
- 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.
Translations
Talk about this word "chemise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chemise. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chemise. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chemise "chemise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chemise.Cite this
@misc{chemise_2026,
title = {chemise},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chemise},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
