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7-letter words (2 found)

CHAMISO,CHAMOIS,

6-letter words (8 found)

CAMSHO,CHIAOS,CHIASM,MACHOS,MOCHAS,MOCHIS,MOSAIC,SIMCHA,

5-letter words (26 found)

CAMIS,CAMOS,CHAIS,CHAMS,CHAOS,CHASM,CHIAO,CHIAS,CHIMO,COMAS,HOMAS,MACHI,MACHO,MACHS,MICAS,MICOS,MIHAS,MISCH,MOCHA,MOCHI,MOCHS,OHIAS,OHMIC,OSHAC,OSMIC,SCHMO,

4-letter words (55 found)

AHIS,AIMS,AMIS,ASCI,CAMI,CAMO,CAMS,CASH,CHAI,CHAM,CHAO,CHAS,CHIA,CHIS,CIAO,COMA,COMS,COSH,HAMS,HAOS,HIMS,HOAS,HOIS,HOMA,HOMS,ICHS,MACH,MACS,MASH,MHOS,MICA,MICH,MICO,MICS,MIHA,MISO,MOAI,MOAS,MOCH,MOCS,MOSH,OCAS,OHIA,OHMS,OMAS,SAIC,SAIM,SCAM,SHAM,SHIM,SHMO,SICH,SIMA,SOCA,SOMA,

3-letter words (55 found)

ACH,AHI,AHS,AIM,AIS,AMI,ASH,CAM,CHA,CHI,CIS,COS,HAM,HAO,HAS,HIC,HIM,HIS,HOA,HOC,HOI,HOM,HOS,ICH,IOS,ISH,ISM,ISO,MAC,MAS,MHO,MIC,MIS,MOA,MOC,MOI,MOS,OCA,OCH,OHM,OHS,OIS,OMA,OMS,SAC,SAI,SAM,SHA,SHO,SIC,SIM,SMA,SOC,SOH,SOM,

2-letter words (21 found)

AH,AI,AM,AS,CH,HA,HI,HM,HO,IO,IS,MA,MI,MO,OH,OI,OM,OS,SH,SI,SO,

You can make 167 words from chamois according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chamois

chamois

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French chamois, from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox (5th c. AD, Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“without horns”). Compare also Old High German gamiza (“chamois”) (whence modern German Gämse).

Pronunciation

  • Of the color sense (both nominal and adjectival) and of the animal sense (in the singular):
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃæmwɑː/
  • Of the animal sense (in the plural):
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃæmwɑːz/
  • Of the color sense (both nominal and adjectival) and of the sense concerning leather (in the singular):
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃæmi/
    • Rhymes: -æmi
  • Of the sense concerning leather (in the plural):
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃæmiz/

Noun

chamois (countable and uncountable, plural chamoises or chamois)

  1. A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
  2. Short for chamois leather (“soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used)”).
  3. The traditional colour of chamois leather.
  4. An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
  5. (cycling) A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.

Alternative forms

  • chamoix
  • shamois
  • shamoy (obsolete)

Derived terms

  • cattle chamois
  • chammy, shammy
  • chamois leather
  • Pyrenean chamois

Translations

Adjective

chamois (not comparable)

  1. Chamois-colored.

Verb

chamois (third-person singular simple present chamoises, present participle chamoising, simple past and past participle chamoised)

  1. (transitive) To clean with a chamois leather cloth.
    Synonym: shammy

See also

  • Appendix:Colors

References

  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Anagrams

  • chamiso

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chamois, from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox (5th c. AD, Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“without horns”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.mwa/

Noun

chamois m (plural chamois)

  1. chamois (animal)
  2. chamois (leather)

Derived terms

  • chamoiserie
  • peau de chamois

Descendants

  • → Esperanto: ĉamo
    • Ido: chamo
  • → Romanian: chamois, șamoa
  • → Spanish: chamuz

Further reading

  • “chamois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • chômais

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French chamois.

Noun

chamois n (uncountable)

  1. chamois leather

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org