chemise

«chemise» in Mova's school dictionary: A loose, simple dress or a woman's undergarment like a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (chemise, chemises)

meaning for a pupil

1) A loose, simple dress or a woman's undergarment like a long shirt, worn in the past under other clothes. tree →

2) (French) «Chemise» means «shirt» in French. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, Victorian and Tudor women wore a chemise under their dresses. In French lessons, «une chemise» is a shirt, a false friend for English learners.

examples

• In Tudor times, women wore a linen chemise under their dress. tree →
• The chemise kept the outer clothes clean. tree →
• In French, «chemise» means shirt. tree →
• The museum showed a white chemise from 1800. tree →
• She wore a simple chemise dress. tree →
• Washing the chemise was easier than washing the gown. tree →

note

Say «she-MEEZ». In English it is an old-fashioned garment; in French it is an ordinary shirt.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chemise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.