chiffon

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc.

Conceptes

gasa

Sinònims

tissue

gossamer

light

gauze

silk

siphon

muslin

Traduccions

Chiffon

gasa

chiffon

mousseline

şifon

gaze

kadın elbisesi aksesuarı

chiffon

σιφόνι

mousseline de soie

chiffon

velocrespo

النسيج الحريري

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ʃɪˈfɑn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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 ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”); see chip.