different between georgette vs chiffon

English

Etymology

From French georgette, named after Georgette de la Plante, French dressmaker.

Noun

georgette (plural georgettes)

1. A thin lightweight silk or cotton fabric with a matte finish.
   • 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 73:

     Martha began sarcastically to explain why it was that even if she had been twelve she could not have worn this pink frilled georgette to the Van Rensbergs' house, since nice little English girls were not for export.

   • 2004 Monika Fagerholm, Translator Kathleen Tucker,The American Girl, Other Press 2009, p.62:

     Silk chiffon and silk georgette. Two thin, thin materials that cannot be confused with each other.

Translations

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)