guimpe

1. (feminine) wimple
2. (feminine) chemisette (UK), dickey (US)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɛ̃p/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: guimpe

Inherited from Old French: guimple

Cognate with Old High German: wimpal

Cognate with Middle Dutch: wumpel

Cognate with Old English: wimpel

Cognate with Old Norse: vimpill

Cognate with Old French: guimpre

In summary

Inherited from Middle French guimpe, from Old French guimple (“wimple”), from Frankish *wimpil, *wimpila (“head scarf”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from *wīpaną ("to wind, sling, garland, swing"; from Proto-Indo-European *wimb-, *weyb- (“to turn, rotate”)) + Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (instrumental suffix). Cognate with Old High German wimpal and winfila (“head scarf”), Middle Dutch wumpel (“cap”), Old English wimpel, winpel (“wimple”), Old Norse vimpill (“hood, veil”). Also influenced by Old French guimpre (“a kind of trimming”), from the same Germanic source.

Concepts

dickey

wimple

Synonyms

gorgerette

Translations

Wimpel

βέλο

πέπλο

κάλυμα

soggolo

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