"tunic" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tjuːnɪk/, /tuːnɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tunic.wav Forms: tunics [plural]
Rhymes: -uːnɪk Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French tunique, from Latin tunica, possibly from Semitic; see also Aramaic [script needed] (kittuna), Hebrew כותנת (kuttoneth, “coat”); or from Etruscan. Existed in Old English as tunece; unknown if term was lost and then reborrowed later. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|tunique}} Middle French tunique, {{der|en|la|tunica}} Latin tunica, {{der|en|sem|-}} Semitic, {{uder|en|ett|-}} Etruscan Head templates: {{en-noun}} tunic (plural tunics)
  1. A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles. Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms: tunica Translations (garment): ἀμπέχονον (ampékhonon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), χιτών (khitṓn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), туни́ка (tuníka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), túnica [feminine] (Catalan), 短袍 (duǎnpáo) (Chinese Mandarin), tunika [feminine] (Czech), tuniko (Esperanto), tunika (Finnish), viitta (Finnish), jakku (Finnish), asetakki (Finnish), tunique [feminine] (French), Tunika [feminine] (German), αμπέχονο (ampéchono) [neuter] (Greek), כֻּתֹּנֶת (kuttónet) [feminine] (Hebrew), tunika (Hungarian), tuineach [masculine] (Irish), ionar [masculine] (Irish), tunica [feminine] (Italian), チュニック (chunikku) (Japanese), tunica [feminine] (Latin), camitl (Nahuatl), teunique [feminine] (Norman), کرته (korte) (Persian), قرطه (qorte) (Persian), tunika [feminine] (Polish), túnica [feminine] (Portuguese), unku (Quechua), tunică [feminine] (Romanian), туни́ка (tuníka) [feminine] (Russian), блузка (bluzka) [feminine] (Russian), жакет (žaket) [masculine] (Russian), ܟܪܝܬܝ (kurθē) (Sogdian), túnica [feminine] (Spanish), tunika [common-gender] (Swedish), tunika (Tagalog), tunik (Turkish), 𐎋𐎚𐎐 (ktn) (Ugaritic), tiwnig [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tunic-en-noun-YcyAfrY1 Disambiguation of Clothing: 45 47 8 Disambiguation of 'garment': 81 16 3
  2. (anatomy, botany) Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Botany, Clothing Synonyms: tunica, tunicle Translations (any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane): buroklevél (Hungarian)
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  3. Synonym of gymslip Synonyms: gymslip [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-tunic-en-noun-rAliytIr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tunick [obsolete] Derived forms: serous tunic

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ܟܪܝܬܝ"
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