chiton

See also: Chiton and chitón

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪtn̩/, /ˈkaɪtɑn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪtn̩/, /ˈkaɪtɒn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪtən

Etymology 1

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

• khiton

Noun

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

other Ancient Greek costume

• chlamys
• exomis
• himation
• palla
• peplum, peplos
• toga

Translations

Greek tunic

• Bulgarian: хитон m (hiton)
• Catalan: quitó m
• Esperanto: ĥitono
• Finnish: kitoni, khiton
• French: chiton (fr) m
• Greek: χιτώνας (el) m (chitónas)

  Ancient: χιτών m (khitṓn)

• Italian: chitone m
• Japanese: キトン (kiton)
• Marathi: कायटन m (kāyṭan), खिटोन m (khiṭon)
• Polish: chiton (pl) m
• Portuguese: quíton m, quitão m
• Romanian: chiton (ro) n
• Russian: хито́н (ru) m (xitón)
• Swedish: kiton (sv) c

See also

• Chiton (costume) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• American Heritage Dictionary (fourth edition, 2000) entry on the chiton

Etymology 2

A chiton, Cryptochiton stelleri

From New Latin chiton. See above.

Noun

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

• (mollusc): coat-of-mail shell, gumboot, loricate, polyplacophoran, polyplacophore, sea cradle, sea bug (archaic)

Translations

mollusc

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• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: quitó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多板綱／多板纲 (duō bǎn gāng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: keverslak (nl) f, chiton (nl) m
• Finnish: nivelkotilo
• French: chiton (fr) m
• German: Käferschnecke f
• Greek: χιτώνας (el) m (chitónas)
• Hebrew: כתונת ים f (któnet yam)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: nökkvar
• Italian: chitone m
• Japanese: 多板綱 (たばんこう, tabankō)
• Korean: 다판류(多板類) (dapannyu), 다판강(多板綱) (dapan'gang)
• Lushootseed: ʔuk̓ʷs
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: papatua
• Navajo: chʼoshłóóʼ bikááʼtsʼinígíí
• Polish: chiton (pl) m
• Portuguese: quíton m
• Russian: хито́н (ru) m (xitón)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: ledsnäcka c
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: ốc song kinh
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

See also

• chiton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ONCHIT

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxi.tɔn/
• Hyphenation: chi‧ton

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).

Noun

chiton m (plural chitons)

1. chiton (Greek tunic)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).

Noun

chiton m (plural chitons or chitonen)

1. chiton (mollusc of the class Polyplacophora)

   Synonym: keverslak

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.tɔ̃/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”).

Noun

chiton m (plural chitons)

1. chiton (clothing)

See also

• Chiton (vêtement) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology 2

Borrowed from New Latin chiton.

Noun

chiton m (plural chitons)

1. chiton (mollusc)

   Synonym: oscabrion

Further reading

• “chiton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “chiton” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French chiton.

Noun

chiton n (plural chitoane)

1. chiton (clothing)

Declension

Declension of chiton

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) chiton	chitonul	(niște) chitoane	chitoanele
genitive/dative	(unui) chiton	chitonului	(unor) chitoane	chitoanelor
vocative	chitonule		chitoanelor