chiffon

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a sheer fabric of silk or rayon

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

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