different between tulle vs chiffon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tulle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu?l/
• Rhymes: -u?l
• Homophone: tool

Noun

tulle (countable and uncountable, plural tulles)

1. A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.

Translations

Anagrams

• Tuell, ullet

Estonian

Noun

tulle

1. illative singular of tuli

Finnish

Verb

tulle

1. Potential present connegative form of tulla.

Anagrams

• lelut

French

Etymology

Named after Tulle, where the fabric was first manufactured.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyl/

Noun

tulle f (uncountable)

1. tulle

Further reading

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

Middle English

Verb

tulle

1. Alternative form of tollen (“to bring”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

tulle

1. locative singular masculine/neuter of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)
2. accusative plural masculine of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)
3. vocative singular feminine of tulla, which is alternative form of tulya, which is gerundive of tuleti (“to weigh”)

Spanish

Verb

tulle

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of tullir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of tullir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of tullir.

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)