"chiffon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃɪˈfɑn/, /ˈʃɪfɑn/ Audio: En-us-chiffon.ogg Forms: chiffons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑn Etymology: Borrowed from French chiffon, from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”); see chip. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|chiffon}} French chiffon, {{der|en|frm|chiffe|t=cloth, old rag}} Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), {{der|en|fro|chipe|t=rag}} Old French chipe (“rag”), {{der|en|enm|chip}} Middle English chip, {{der|en|ang|ċipp|t=chip, splinter, shaving}} Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chiffon (countable and uncountable, plural chiffons)
  1. A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics Translations (sheer silk or rayon fabric): xifó [masculine] (Catalan), 雪紡 (Chinese Mandarin), 雪纺 (xuěfǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), sifonki (Finnish), sifon (Hungarian), sifon (Indonesian), sreabhann [masculine] (Irish), chiffon [masculine] (Italian), velocrespo [masculine] (Italian), シフォン (shifon) (Japanese), 絹モスリン (kinu mosurin) (Japanese), sifon (Malay), szyfon [masculine] (Polish), chiffon [masculine] (Portuguese), șifon [neuter] (Romanian), шифо́н (šifón) [masculine] (Russian), gasa [feminine] (Spanish), chiffong (Swedish)
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  2. Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chiffon-en-noun--FofMKqd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chiffon cake, chiffonlike, chiffon pie, chiffony, lemon chiffon

Noun [French]

IPA: /ʃi.fɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-chiffon.ogg Forms: chiffons [plural]
Etymology: From chiffe + -on. Chiffe is from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”) from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”) from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”), from Old English *ċippian (“to chip, shave, splinter”), from Proto-West Germanic *kipp-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵey- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). More at English chip. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|chiffe|-on}} chiffe + -on, {{inh|fr|frm|chiffe||cloth, old rag}} Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), {{inh|fr|fro|chipe||rag}} Old French chipe (“rag”), {{der|fr|enm|chip|chip, chippe|chip, shard, fragment}} Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), {{der|fr|ang|ċipp||chip, splinter, shaving}} Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”), {{der|fr|ang|*ċippian|t=to chip, shave, splinter}} Old English *ċippian (“to chip, shave, splinter”), {{der|fr|gmw-pro|*kipp-}} Proto-West Germanic *kipp-, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*ǵey-|t=to split; divide; germinate; sprout}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵey- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”), {{cog|en|chip}} English chip Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} chiffon m (plural chiffons)
  1. rag Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chiffon-fr-noun-o-aQBTBh
  2. scrap Tags: masculine Synonyms: loque
    Sense id: en-chiffon-fr-noun-sM~FOeRg Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -on Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -on: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chiffonner, parler chiffons, causer chiffons, poupée de chiffon

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ʃiˈfõ/ [Brazil], /ʃiˈfõ/ [Portugal], /ʃiˈfõ/ [Portugal], /t͡ʃiˈfõ/ [Northern, Portugal]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French chiffon. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|fr|chiffon}} Unadapted borrowing from French chiffon Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|-}} chiffon m (uncountable)
  1. chiffon (sheer silk or rayon fabric) Tags: masculine, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-chiffon-pt-noun-sBPYh1~c Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "sifon"
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      "word": "sifon"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "シフォン"
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      "word": "絹モスリン"
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      "word": "sifon"
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      "word": "szyfon"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "chiffon"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "шифо́н"
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      "sense": "sheer silk or rayon fabric",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "chiffonner"
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      "word": "causer chiffons"
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        {
          "word": "loque"
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}

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