"kirtle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkəːt(ə)l/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɜː(ɹ)-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɚt(ə)l/ [General-American], /-ɾ(ə)l/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kirtle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kirtles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)təl Etymology: From Middle English kirtel, from Old English cyrtel, cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (“tunic”) (whence Icelandic kyrtill, Danish kjortel (“gown, tunic”), Swedish kjortel (“petticoat, skirt”)), from Old Norse *kurtil-, supposedly a diminutive of *kurt-, from Latin curtus (“short, shortened”). Compare German Kittel. Etymology templates: {{C.E.}} C.E., {{circa2|4th century <small class='ce-date'>C.E.</small>|short=yes}} c. 4th century C.E., {{inh|en|enm|kirtel}} Middle English kirtel, {{inh|en|ang|cyrtel}} Old English cyrtel, {{cog|non|kyrtill||tunic}} Old Norse kyrtill (“tunic”), {{cog|is|kyrtill}} Icelandic kyrtill, {{cog|da|kjortel||gown, tunic}} Danish kjortel (“gown, tunic”), {{cog|sv|kjortel||petticoat, skirt}} Swedish kjortel (“petticoat, skirt”), {{der|en|non|*kurtil-}} Old Norse *kurtil-, {{m|non|*kurt-}} *kurt-, {{der|en|la|curtus||short, shortened}} Latin curtus (“short, shortened”), {{cog|de|Kittel}} German Kittel Head templates: {{en-noun}} kirtle (plural kirtles)
  1. A knee-length tunic. Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (knee-length tunic): kjortel (Danish), Kittel [masculine] (German), Tunika [feminine] (German), Rock [masculine] (German), kyrtill (Icelandic), kirtel (Middle English), cyrtel (Old English), kyrtill [masculine] (Old Norse)
    Sense id: en-kirtle-en-noun-hRAQzpFe Disambiguation of Clothing: 42 0 33 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 2 15 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 79 2 11 8 Disambiguation of 'knee-length tunic': 97 0 3
  2. A short jacket.
    Sense id: en-kirtle-en-noun-~8M73AK9
  3. A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.
    Sense id: en-kirtle-en-noun-vSKu219Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: half-kirtle

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkəːt(ə)l/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɜː(ɹ)-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɚt(ə)l/ [General-American], /-ɾ(ə)l/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kirtle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kirtles [present, singular, third-person], kirtling [participle, present], kirtled [participle, past], kirtled [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)təl Etymology: From Middle English kirtel, from Old English cyrtel, cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (“tunic”) (whence Icelandic kyrtill, Danish kjortel (“gown, tunic”), Swedish kjortel (“petticoat, skirt”)), from Old Norse *kurtil-, supposedly a diminutive of *kurt-, from Latin curtus (“short, shortened”). Compare German Kittel. Etymology templates: {{C.E.}} C.E., {{circa2|4th century <small class='ce-date'>C.E.</small>|short=yes}} c. 4th century C.E., {{inh|en|enm|kirtel}} Middle English kirtel, {{inh|en|ang|cyrtel}} Old English cyrtel, {{cog|non|kyrtill||tunic}} Old Norse kyrtill (“tunic”), {{cog|is|kyrtill}} Icelandic kyrtill, {{cog|da|kjortel||gown, tunic}} Danish kjortel (“gown, tunic”), {{cog|sv|kjortel||petticoat, skirt}} Swedish kjortel (“petticoat, skirt”), {{der|en|non|*kurtil-}} Old Norse *kurtil-, {{m|non|*kurt-}} *kurt-, {{der|en|la|curtus||short, shortened}} Latin curtus (“short, shortened”), {{cog|de|Kittel}} German Kittel Head templates: {{en-verb}} kirtle (third-person singular simple present kirtles, present participle kirtling, simple past and past participle kirtled)
  1. (transitive) To clothe or cover with, or as if with, a kirtle; to hitch up (a long garment) to the length of a kirtle. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-kirtle-en-verb-mQUbqbeZ

Inflected forms

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