different between chiffon vs rayon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chiffon, from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), from Old English ?ipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”); see chip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???f?n/, /???f?n/

Noun

chiffon (plural chiffons)

1. A sheer silk or rayon fabric.

   Her dresses are made from these marvelous chiffons.

2. Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc.

Derived terms

• chiffon cake

Translations

French

Etymology

From chiffe +? -on.

Chiffe is from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”) from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”) from Old English ?ipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”), from Proto-Germanic *?ippian (“to chip, shave, splinter”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ey- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). More at chip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.f??/

Noun

chiffon m (plural chiffons)

1. rag
2. scrap (of paper)

Related terms

• chiffonner

Further reading

• “chiffon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

From French chiffon

Noun

chiffon m (uncountable)

1. chiffon (sheer silk or rayon fabric)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e??n/

Etymology 1

From French rayon.

Noun

rayon (countable and uncountable, plural rayons)

1. A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

rayon (plural rayons)

1. Alternative spelling of raion

Etymology 3

Noun

rayon (plural rayons)

1. (obsolete) A ray or beam.

Azerbaijani

Noun

rayon (definite accusative rayonu, plural rayonlar)

1. district, rayon (second level subdivision unit ex-USSR countries).

Declension

Crimean Tatar

Noun

rayon

1. region, rayon (second level subdivision unit in Ukraine, Russia and other ex-USSR countries).

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French rayon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra??j?n/, /r??j?n/
• Hyphenation: ra?y?on

Noun

rayon n (plural rayons, diminutive rayonnetje n)

1. region, regional section or subdivision (e.g. of a city or local government, of the area of operation of a business)

Derived terms

• rayonhoofd
• rayonkartel

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: rayon

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.j??/

Etymology 1

From rai +? -on. Unrelated to rayer.

Noun

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. (geometry) radius
2. ray, beam (of light etc.)
3. spoke (of wheel)
4. shelf of books, bookshelf (in a library etc.)

Derived terms

• en connaître un rayon
• rayon d'action
• rayonner
  • rayonnant

Descendants

• Russian: ????? (rajon)
  • Romanian: raion
  • Uyghur: ?????? (rayon)
  • Yakut: ??????? (oroyuon)

Etymology 2

From Old French ree, from Frankish *hr?tu (“honeycomb”).

Noun

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. comb (of honey)
2. shelf
3. department (of department store), section (of shop)

Descendants

• ? German: Rayon
• ? Polish: rejon

Further reading

• “rayon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Dutch rayon, from French rayon
  • from Old French ree, from Frankish *hr?tu (“honeycomb”).
• Sense raion is a semantic loan from Russian ?????? (rajón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?raj?n]
• Hyphenation: ra?yon

Noun 1

rayon (plural rayon-rayon, first-person possessive rayonku, second-person possessive rayonmu, third-person possessive rayonnya)

1. region, regional section or subdivision (e.g. of a school enrollment, of the area of operation of a business)
2. raion: an administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.

Affixed terms

Noun 2

rayon (plural rayon-rayon, first-person possessive rayonku, second-person possessive rayonmu, third-person possessive rayonnya)

1. rayon: a manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.

Further reading

• “rayon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Middle French

Noun

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. ray, beam (of light etc.)
2. spoke (of wheel)

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English rayon.

Noun

rayon m (plural rayons)

1. (Jersey) rayon