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chiton
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ka?tn?/, /?ka?t?n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ka?tn?/, /?ka?t?n/
- Rhymes: -a?t?n
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ????? (khit?n, “tunic”), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian ???????? (kitû, literally “flax, linen”), from Sumerian ???????? (kitû [GIŠ.GADA])
Noun
chiton (plural chitons or chitones)
- (historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
- 1998, Colette Susan Czapski, NM238: A Hellenistic Statue and Its Archaistic Support, Kim J. Hartswick, Mary Carol Sturgeon (editors), Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, page 53,
- She wears a diaphanous himation that covers her torso, over a floor-length chiton of heavier fabric.
- 1998, Colette Susan Czapski, NM238: A Hellenistic Statue and Its Archaistic Support, Kim J. Hartswick, Mary Carol Sturgeon (editors), Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, page 53,
Coordinate terms
Translations
See also
- Chiton (costume) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- American Heritage Dictionary (fourth edition, 2000) entry on the chiton
Etymology 2
From New Latin chiton. See above.
Noun
chiton (plural chitons)
- Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
Synonyms
- (mollusc): coat-of-mail shell, loricate, polyplacophoran, polyplacophore, sea cradle
Translations
See also
- chiton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- ONCHIT
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xi.t?n/
- Hyphenation: chi?ton
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (khit?n).
Noun
chiton m (plural chitons)
- chiton (Greek tunic)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (khit?n).
Noun
chiton m (plural chitons or chitonen)
- chiton (mollusc of the class Polyplacophora)
- Synonym: keverslak
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polyplacophoran
English
Etymology
Polyplacophora +? -an
Adjective
polyplacophoran (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the molluscs of the class Polyplacophora.
Noun
polyplacophoran (plural polyplacophorans)
- A mollusc of this class; a chiton
polyplacophoran From the web:
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