chiffon

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

tissue

gossamer

light

gauze

silk

siphon

muslin

Traducións

Chiffon

gasa

chiffon

mousseline

şifon

chiffon

gaze

kadın elbisesi aksesuarı

velocrespo

gasa

σιφόνι

mousseline de soie

chiffon

النسيج الحريري

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ʃɪˈfɑn/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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.