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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.

chemise (plural chemises)

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

short nightdress

Unadapted borrowing from French chemise. Doublet of hemd.

chemise f (plural chemises, diminutive chemisetje n)

  1. chemise (garment)

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

chemise f (plural chemises)

  1. shirt
  2. folder (office supplies)
  3. chemise (wall-enforcing earthwork)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

chemise

  1. inflection of chemiser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Inherited from Late Latin camisia.

chemise oblique singular, f (oblique plural chemises, nominative singular chemise, nominative plural chemises)

  1. shirt; overshirt