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cotton
English
Etymology 1
Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, Old French coton, from (Genoese) Old Italian cotone, from Arabic ?????? (qu?un), of uncertain origin. There is no apparent semantic link between the Arabic word and the root ? ? ?? (q-?-n), leading to suggestions that it is a corruption of another word, such as ??????? (katt?n, “flax”) or (more distant phonologically) ???????? (jafna, “vine”). Cognate to Dutch katoen, German Kattun, Italian cotone, Spanish algodón, and Portuguese algodão.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?t.n?/, [?k??.n?]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?t.n?/
- Rhymes: -?t?n
- Hyphenation: cot?ton
Noun
cotton (usually uncountable, plural cottons)
- Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
- Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
- Any fiber similar in appearance and use to Gossypium fiber.
- (textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.
- (countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
cotton (not comparable)
- Made of cotton.
Translations
Verb
cotton (third-person singular simple present cottons, present participle cottoning, simple past and past participle cottoned)
- (transitive) To provide with cotton.
- To supply with a cotton wick.
- To fill with a wad of cotton.
- (horticulture) To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric.
- To cover walls with fabric.
- (tar and cotton) To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather )
- To supply with a cotton wick.
- To make or become cotton-like
- To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
- To develop a porous, cottony texture.
- To give the appearance of being dotted with cotton balls.
- To enshroud with a layer of whiteness.
- To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
- To protect from harsh stimuli, coddle, or muffle.
- To rub or burnish with cotton.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cotton”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Duschak, Moritz (1870) Die Botanik des Talmud (in German), Pest: I. Neuer, pages 7–10
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 42
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen?[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 92
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden?[3] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 235 seqq., for Arabic Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden?[4] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 241–242.
Etymology 2
1560s, either from Welsh cydun, cytun (“agree, coincide”) (cyduno, cytuno), from cyd, cyt + un (“one”), literally “to be at one with”, or by metaphor with the textile, as cotton blended well with other textiles, notably wool in hat-making.
Verb
cotton (third-person singular simple present cottons, present participle cottoning, simple past and past participle cottoned)
- To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.
Usage notes
Generally used with prepositions on, to; see cotton on, cotton to.
Derived terms
- cotton on
- cotton to
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cotton”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Take Our Word For It: Issue 178, page 2
- Palmer, Abram Smythe (1882) Folk-etymology: a dictionary of verbal corruptions or words perverted in form or meaning, by false derivation or mistaken analogy, G. Bell and Sons, page 76
Middle English
Noun
cotton
- (Late Middle English) Alternative form of coton
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chiffon
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)
- A sheer silk or rayon fabric.
- Her dresses are made from these marvelous chiffons.
- 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)
- rag
- 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)
- chiffon (sheer silk or rayon fabric)
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