different between chiffon vs taffeta

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

Alternative forms

• taffaty (obsolete)
• taffety (dated)

Etymology

From Late Middle English, from Old French taffetas, from Medieval Latin taffata, from Persian ?????? (tâfte), from ??????.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæ.f?.t?/, /?tæ.f?.t?/

Noun

taffeta (countable and uncountable, plural taffetas)

1. A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers.

Derived terms

• taffeta glass

Translations