# chemise
## English
### Etymology

From French chemise, from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisa, camisia ("shirt, undergarment, nightgown"; whence Old English cemes (“shirt”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”) (whence Old English hemeþe, Old High German hemidi, modern German Hemd (“shirt”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).
Cognate also with Saterland Frisian Hoamd (“shirt”), Dutch hemd (“shirt”), Old English ham (“undergarment”), hama (“covering, dress, garment”). See also shimmy, from a dialectal variant. More at hame.

### Pronunciation

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* (US) IPA: /ʃəˈmiːz/, /ʃəˈmiːs/
* (UK) IPA: /ʃəˈmiːz/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːz

### Noun

chemise (plural chemises)
* (historical) A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
* A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
* A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.
* A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.

#### Derived terms

* chemiloon
* chemise cagoule
* chemised
* chemise lifter
* chemisette

#### Related terms

* camis
* shimmy

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* schemie

## Dutch
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French chemise. Doublet of hemd.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

chemise f (plural chemises, diminutive chemisetje n)
* chemise (garment)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃə.miz/
* Audio; “une chemise”:(file)
* Homophones: chemisent, chemises

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”).

#### Noun

chemise f (plural chemises)
* shirt
* folder (office supplies)
* chemise (wall-enforcing earthwork)

##### Derived terms

* changer d’avis comme de chemise
* chemise brune
* chemise de nuit
* chemise noire
* comme cul et chemise
* en bras de chemise
* retourner sa chemise
* se moquer comme de sa première chemise de
* surchemise

##### Descendants

* Antillean Creole: chimiz
* Guianese Creole: chimiz
* Haitian Creole: chemiz
* Karipúna Creole French: ximiz
* Louisiana Creole: chimiz, chimij, chmiz, chimiy, chmij
* Seychellois Creole: simiz, cemiz
* → Dutch: chemise
* → English: chemise
* → Japanese: シュミーズ (shumīzu)
* → Ladino: shemiz
* → Neapolitan: scemisse
* → Scots: chemeis
* → Vietnamese: sơ-mi
* → Yemeni Arabic: شميز

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

chemise
* inflection of chemiser:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “chemise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* cemise, chemes, chamisae

### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin camisia.

### Noun

chemise oblique singular, f (oblique plural chemises, nominative singular chemise, nominative plural chemises)
* shirt; overshirt

#### Descendants

* Champenois: cheminge, cheminze
* Franc-Comtois: tchemise
* Gallo: chminzz
* French: chemise
** Antillean Creole: chimiz
** Guianese Creole: chimiz
** Haitian Creole: chemiz
** Karipúna Creole French: ximiz
** Louisiana Creole: chimiz, chimij, chmiz, chimiy, chmij
** Seychellois Creole: simiz, cemiz
** → Dutch: chemise
** → English: chemise
** → Japanese: シュミーズ (shumīzu)
** → Ladino: shemiz
** → Neapolitan: scemisse
** → Scots: chemeis
** → Vietnamese: sơ-mi
** → Yemeni Arabic: شميز
* Norman: queminse (continental Normandy), qu'minse, ch'minse (Guernsey), c'mînse (Jersey)
* Walloon: tchimijhe