chemise

/ʃəˈmiːz/

chemise · noun — A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.

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chemise is pronounced /ʃəˈmiːz/.

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.

noun

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.

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

camisia 72% match — An ancient kind of shirt or nightgown. vs chemise →
smish 71% match — A shirt or chemise. vs chemise →
chemised 67% match — Dressed in a chemise. vs chemise →
camis 66% match — A light, loose dress or robe. vs chemise →
undershirt 64% match — An undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless. vs chemise →
chemisette 64% match — An item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment. vs chemise →
nightshirt 63% match — A shirt-like garment (often oversized) that is worn to bed. vs chemise →
underslip 61% match — A woman's undergarment. vs chemise →