"chiffon" meaning in French

See chiffon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃi.fɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-chiffon.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-chiffon.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-chiffon.wav [France, Lyon] 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: {{ety|fr|:af|chiffe|-on<id:diminutive suffix>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "chip", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to chip; chop off in pieces", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to chop", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to chop, pull", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kippōną", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*kippōn", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "*ċippian", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "ċipp", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "chippe", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "chippe", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "chiffe", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "chiffe", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }, { "id" : "diminutive suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "individualizing nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ō", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Frankish", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "frk" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-on", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-on", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-on", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "chiffon", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="chiffon">, {{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
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  2. scrap Tags: masculine Synonyms: loque
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chiffonner, chiffonnier, chiffonnerie

Inflected forms

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        "borrowed"
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      "word": "sifon"
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      "lang": "Italian",
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        "borrowed"
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      "word": "chiffon"
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      "word": "シフォン"
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        "borrowed"
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      "roman": "sipon",
      "word": "시폰"
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      "word": "шифон"
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sifon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "szyfon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chiffon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "șifon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "šifón",
      "word": "шифо́н"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chifón"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chiffong"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tunisian Arabic",
      "lang_code": "aeb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "šifūnā",
      "sense": "sponge",
      "word": "شفونة"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
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      "word": "şifon"
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    }
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