"chiffon" meaning in French

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Noun

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, {{m|fr|chiffe|Chiffe}} Chiffe, {{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

Inflected forms

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      "text": "→ English: chiffon"
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      "text": "→ Spanish: chifón"
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: chiffon",
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
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    }
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          "word": "loque"
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    },
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    "French terms derived from Middle French",
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    "French terms derived from Old French",
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      "word": "parler chiffons"
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    {
      "word": "poupée de chiffon"
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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        "5": "rag"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "*ǵey-",
        "t": "to split; divide; germinate; sprout"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "chip"
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "scrap"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "loque"
        }
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