chiton

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Chiton and chitón

English

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, tunic), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian 𒌆𒃰 (kitû, literally flax, linen), from Sumerian 𒄑𒃰 (kitû [GIŠ.GADA]).

Alternative forms

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

chiton (plural chitons or chitones)

  1. (historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
    • 1992, Donna Tartt, The Secret History:
      On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis’s house.
    • 1998, Colette Susan Czapski, “NM238: A Hellenistic Statue and Its Archaistic Support”, in Kim J. Hartswick, Mary Carol Sturgeon, editors, Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, page 53:
      She wears a diaphanous himation that covers her torso, over a floor-length chiton of heavier fabric.
    • 2002, chapter I, in Nikolaos Kaltsas, editor, Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens[1], page 156:
      She wears a chiton and himation, using both hands to hold the edge of the latter, in which she has gathered apples.
Coordinate terms
[edit]
Translations
[edit]
See also
[edit]

References

[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]
A chiton, Cryptochiton stelleri

From New Latin chiton. See above.

Noun

[edit]

chiton (plural chitons)

  1. Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
    • 1969, Sam Hinton, chapter I, in Seashore Life of Southern California[2], page 72:
      In the giant chiton, Cryptochiton, this girdle has expanded so as to completely cover the plates.
    • 1979, R. McNeill Alexander, chapter I, in The Invertebrates[3], page 295:
      The chiton (Fig. 14.1 a) is depressed (dorso-ventrally flattened), with a large foot which has a flat sole.
    • 1996, Paul Henson, chapter I, in The Natural History of Big Sur[4], page 70:
      The bright orange gumboot chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri) is the largest in the world.
Synonyms
[edit]
Translations
[edit]
See also
[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]

Dutch

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈxi.tɔn/
  • Hyphenation: chi‧ton

Etymology 1

[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).

Noun

[edit]

chiton m (plural chitons)

  1. chiton (Greek tunic)

Etymology 2

[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).

Noun

[edit]

chiton m (plural chitons or chitonen)

  1. chiton (mollusc of the class Polyplacophora)
    Synonym: keverslak

French

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, tunic).

Noun

[edit]

chiton m (plural chitons)

  1. chiton (clothing)
See also
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Borrowed from New Latin chiton.

Noun

[edit]

chiton m (plural chitons)

  1. chiton (mollusc)
    Synonym: oscabrion

Further reading

[edit]

Romanian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from French chiton.

Noun

[edit]

chiton n (plural chitoane)

  1. chiton (clothing)

Declension

[edit]