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shirt¹
- /ʃɜːt/ UK
- /ʃɜɹt/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
From Middle English schirt, schirte, schuirte, schyrtte, seorte, shearte, shert, shirt, sseorte, from Old English sċyrte (“a short garment; skirt; kirtle”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (“a short garment, skirt, apron”), from *skurtaz (“short”), from *skertaną (“to cut off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off; to divide”). Doublet of skirt.
Cognates
Cognate with Yola shoorth, skoorth (“shirt”), North Frisian Sjürt (“shirt”), Saterland Frisian Schoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk skjorte (“shirt”), Faroese skjúrta (“shirt”), Icelandic skyrta (“shirt”), Swedish skjorta (“shirt”), Irish sciorta (“skirt; strip”), Welsh sgert (“skirt”); also Irish curach, currach (“coracle, currach”), Welsh corwg (“coracle”), Latin carō (“flesh; pulp of a fruit; soft part of a precious stone”), Umbrian 𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌖 (karu, “part”), Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to shave; to waste; to consume; to cut short”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear; to scratch”), Latvian šķērst (“cut dead animal or human so as to expose internal organs”), Lithuanian sker̃sti (“to slaughter; to massacre; to cut”), Belarusian кара́ (kará, “bark; crust”), Bulgarian, Carpathian Rusyn, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian кора́ (korá, “bark”), Czech kůra (“bark( crust; cortex; rind”), Kashubian kóra (“bark; crust”), Lower Sorbian škóra (“bark; crust”), Polish kora (“bark; crust; cortex”), Serbo-Croatian ко̏ра, kȍra (“bark; crust”), Slovak kôra (“bark; crust”), Upper Sorbian skora (“bark; crust”), Armenian քերել (kʻerel, “to scrape, scrub”), Central Kurdish چەرم (çerm, “skin”), Northern Kurdish çerm (“skin”), Ossetian царм (carm, “skin”), Persian چرم (čarm, “leather”), Hittite 𒅗𒊑𒄑𒍣 (kariezzi, “to cover”), Kamkata-viri čom, čum (“skin; hide”), Sanskrit चर्मन् (carman, “skin; pelt”).
Doublet of skirt via Old Norse; further related to short.
noun shirts
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An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, often with sleeves that cover some or all of the arms.
He went to the mall to find a decent shirt for his interview.
Similar: sark
- An interior lining in a blast furnace.
- A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game.
shirt²
- /ʃɜːt/ UK
- /ʃɜɹt/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
From Middle English schirten, from the noun (see above).
verb shirts · shirting · shirted
- To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt. 1691, King Arthur, by John Dryden, act II, scene I. Ah! for so many souls, as but this morn / Were clothed with flesh, and warm’d with vital blood / But naked now, or shirted just with air.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sweater, jacket, blouse, t-shirt, suit, skirt, hoodie, collar, nightgown, gown, sweatshirt, clothing, coat, bikini, jersey, swimsuit
Translations
Every language
noun article of clothing
| Español | camisa, chema |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 셔츠 syeocheu, 와이셔츠 waisyeocheu, 남방 nambang |
| 日本語 | シャツ shatsu, ワイシャツ waishatsu |
| 中文 | 襯衫 /衬衫 chènshān, 襯衣 /衬衣 chènyī |
| हिन्दी | क़मीज़ qamīz |
| Kiswahili | shati |
| Português | camisa |
| Français | chemise |
| Deutsch | Hemd |
| Italiano | camicia, maglia |
| Ελληνικά | πουκάμισο poukámiso |
| Română | cămașă |
| Русский | руба́шка rubáška, соро́чка soróčka |
| Tiếng Việt | áo sơ mi, sơ mi |
| العربية | قَمِيص qamīṣ |
| עברית | חולצה \ חֻלְצָה khultsá |
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