camisa

Aragonese

Etymology

From Late Latin camisia, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi, from *hamō + *-iþi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmisa/
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: ca‧mi‧sa

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt

References

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “camisa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Old Leonese, from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmisa/, [kaˈmi.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧sa

Noun

camisa f (plural camises)

1. shirt

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin camisia (compare Occitan camisa or chamisa, French chemise, Spanish camisa), from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈmi.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈmi.za]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

camisa f (plural camises)

1. shirt, blouse
2. folder
3. dust jacket

   Synonym: sobrecoberta

4. jacket (outer shell of a bullet)
5. (automotive) cylinder sleeve
6. (castells, informal) a casteller who has been formally accepted as a member of a colla
7. (lighting) mantle

   Synonym: camiseta

Derived terms

• aixecar la camisa
• camisa de dormir
• camisa de força
• camiseta
• deixar sense camisa
• encamisar

 

References

• “camisa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Fala

Alternative forms

• camisha (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese camisa, from Late Latin camisia, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi, from *hamō + *-iþi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmisa/
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: ca‧mi‧sa

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. (Valverdeñu) shirt

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese camisa, from Late Latin camisia, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi, from *hamō + *-iþi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmisa/ [kɑˈmi.s̺ɐ]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧sa

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt

   Synonyms: chambra, blusa, cos, envestidoiro

2. shedding (of a snake)

Related terms

• camiseta
• camisola
• camisón
• escamisar

 

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “camisa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “camisa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “camisa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “camisa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.sa/

Noun

camisa (plural camisas)

1. shirt

Leonese

Etymology

From Old Leonese, from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi.

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt

References

• camisa at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin camisia, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi, from *hamō + *-iþi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.za/
• Rhymes: -iza
• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧sa

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt (article of clothing)
   • 13th century, Estêvão da Guarda, Pois a todos avorrece; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, 1525–c.1526, cantiga 1306:

     ela t(ra)ge camiſa / De ſirgo

     she's wearing a silk shirt

Descendants

• Fala: camisa, camisha (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)
• Galician: camisa
• Portuguese: camisa (see there for further descendants)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “camisa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “camisa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin camisia, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi, from *hamō + *-iþi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmiza/

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt
   • 1140-1207, El Cantar de mio Cid (The Song of my Lord), 72r, 3612-3638: Cantar de mio Cid

     el belmez con la camisa e con la guarnizón

     the padded tunic with the shirt and gambleston

Descendants

• Ladino: kamisa
• Spanish: camisa (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

camisa

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese camisa, from Late Latin camisia, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi, from *hamō + *-iþi.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈmi.zɐ/

• Rhymes: -izɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧sa

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

2. shirt (light garment worn over the torso)
4. (Brazil) chemise; nightgown (garment mainly worn by women for sleeping in)

   Synonym: (Brazil) camisola

6. coat; hood (protective cover of an object)

   Synonyms: capa, invólucro

Derived terms

• camisa-verde
• camisinha
• camisola

 

Related terms

• camiseta

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: kamisa
• Kabuverdianu: kamisa, kamiza
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: kamidz
• Kristang: kameza
• Principense: kamiza
• Sãotomense: kaminza
• → Gujarati: ખમીસ (khamīs)
• → Kannada: ಕಮಿಸು (kamisu)
• → Malay: kemeja
  • Indonesian: kemeja
• → Malayalam: കമീസ് (kamīsŭ)
• → Old Tupi: kamixá
  • Nheengatu: kamixá
• → Telugu: కమీజు (kamīju)
• → Tetum: kamiza

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish camisa, from Late Latin camisia, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi, from *hamō + *-iþi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmisa/ [kaˈmi.sa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: ca‧mi‧sa

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt
2. gas mantle
3. (colloquial, El Salvador) condom

Derived terms

• camisa de fuerza
• camisa negra
• camisería
• camisero
• camiseta
• camisón
• descamisado
• en cuerpo de camisa

 

Related terms

• chemise

 

Descendants

• → Chavacano: kamisa
• → Classical Nahuatl: camīxah, camīxahtli
• → Jakaltek: camiẍe
• → Papiamentu: camisa
• → Tagalog: kamisa
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: camixajtli̱

Further reading

• “camisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “camisa” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish camisa.

Noun

camisa

1. shirt

References

• Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎^[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., 2006, page 19