# chiton
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈkaɪtn̩/, /ˈkaɪtɑn/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkaɪtn̩/, /ˈkaɪtɒn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪtən

### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian 𒌆𒃰 (kitû, literally “flax, linen”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒃰 (kitû [GIŠ.GADA]).

#### Alternative forms

* khiton

#### Noun

chiton (plural chitons or chitones)
* (historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
** 1992, Donna Tartt, The Secret History:On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis’s house.
** 1998, Colette Susan Czapski, “NM238: A Hellenistic Statue and Its Archaistic Support”, in Kim J. Hartswick, Mary Carol Sturgeon, editors, Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, page 53:She wears a diaphanous himation that covers her torso, over a floor-length chiton of heavier fabric.
** 2002, chapter I, in Nikolaos Kaltsas, editor, Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens‎, page 156:She wears a chiton and himation, using both hands to hold the edge of the latter, in which she has gathered apples.

##### Coordinate terms

* chlamys
* exomis
* himation
* palla
* peplum, peplos
* toga

##### See also

* Chiton (costume) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

#### References

* American Heritage Dictionary (fourth edition, 2000) entry on the chiton

### Etymology 2

From New Latin chiton. See above.

#### Noun

chiton (plural chitons)
* Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
** 1969, Sam Hinton, chapter I, in Seashore Life of Southern California‎, page 72:In the giant chiton, Cryptochiton, this girdle has expanded so as to completely cover the plates.
** 1979, R. McNeill Alexander, chapter I, in The Invertebrates‎, page 295:The chiton (Fig. 14.1 a) is depressed (dorso-ventrally flattened), with a large foot which has a flat sole.
** 1996, Paul Henson, chapter I, in The Natural History of Big Sur‎, page 70:The bright orange gumboot chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri) is the largest in the world.

##### Synonyms

* (mollusc): coat-of-mail shell, gumboot, loricate, polyplacophoran, polyplacophore, sea cradle, sea bug (archaic)

##### Derived terms

* lined chiton

##### See also

* chiton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* ONCHIT

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxi.tɔn/
* Hyphenation: chi‧ton

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).

#### Noun

chiton m (plural chitons)
* chiton (Greek tunic)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).

#### Noun

chiton m (plural chitons or chitonen)
* chiton (mollusc of the class Polyplacophora)
    Synonym: keverslak

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki.tɔ̃/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”).

#### Noun

chiton m (plural chitons)
* chiton (clothing)

##### See also

* Chiton (vêtement) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{fr}$

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from New Latin chiton.

#### Noun

chiton m (plural chitons)
* chiton (mollusc)
    Synonym: oscabrion

### Further reading

* “chiton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* “chiton” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French chiton.

### Noun

chiton n (plural chitoane)
* chiton (clothing)