different between chemisette vs guimpe
chemisette
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French chemisette.
Noun
chemisette (plural chemisettes)
- An item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment.
- Kokoro by Natsume Soseki, 1914, English by Edwin McClellen, 1968
- Of the items I was asked to buy, the one that gave me most trouble was a chemisette.
- Kokoro by Natsume Soseki, 1914, English by Edwin McClellen, 1968
French
Etymology
chemise +? -ette
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.mi.z?t/
Noun
chemisette f (plural chemisettes)
- short-sleeved shirt/blouse
Descendants
- ? English: chemisette
Further reading
- “chemisette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
chemisette From the web:
- what does chemisette mean
- what means chemisette
- what is a chemisette in french
guimpe
English
Etymology
From French guimpe, from Middle French guimpe, from Old French guimple (“wimple”), from Frankish *wimpil, *wimpila (“head scarf”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from *w?pan? ("to wind, sling, garland, swing"; from Proto-Indo-European *wimb-, *weyb- (“to turn, rotate”)) + Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (instrumental suffix). Cognate with Old High German wimpal and winfila (“head scarf”), Middle Dutch wumpel (“cap”), Old English wimpel, winpel (“wimple”), Old Norse vimpill (“hood, veil”). Also influenced by Old French guimpre (“a kind of trimming”), from the same Germanic source. More at wimple.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mp/
Noun
guimpe (countable and uncountable, plural guimpes)
- Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.
- A kind of short, high-necked blouse with sleeves of the late Victorian era, designed to be worn under a low-cut dress, jumper, or pinafore dress.
- A kind of short chemisette or yoke insert made of lace, embroidery, or the like, worn with a low-necked dress.
- A wimple; a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders, as part of the habit of nuns of certain orders.
- 1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld
- All the nuns at the convent wore plain blouses and skirts except for Sister Edgar, who had permission from the motherhouse to fit herself out in the old things with the arcane names, the wimple, cincture and guimpe.
- 1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld
French
Etymology
From Middle French guimpe, from Old French guimple (“wimple”), from Frankish *wimpil, *wimpila (“head scarf”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from *w?pan? ("to wind, sling, garland, swing"; from Proto-Indo-European *wimb-, *weyb- (“to turn, rotate”)) + Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (instrumental suffix). Cognate with Old High German wimpal and winfila (“head scarf”), Middle Dutch wumpel (“cap”), Old English wimpel, winpel (“wimple”), Old Norse vimpill (“hood, veil”). Also influenced by Old French guimpre (“a kind of trimming”), from the same Germanic source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p/
Noun
guimpe f (plural guimpes)
- (religion) wimple
- chemisette (UK), dickey (US)
Further reading
- “guimpe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
guimpe From the web:
- what does guimpe mean
- what does guimpe
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