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Yes. The word chemise is a Scrabble US word. The word chemise is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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7-letter words (2 found)

CHEMISE,SCHEMIE,

6-letter words (5 found)

CHIMES,MICHES,SCHEME,SEICHE,SMEECH,

5-letter words (13 found)

CHEMS,CHIME,ECHES,EMICS,HEMES,HEMIC,HIEMS,ICHES,MECHS,MESIC,MICHE,MISCH,SEMIE,

4-letter words (30 found)

CEES,CHEM,CHIS,ECHE,EECH,EISH,EMES,EMIC,HEME,HEMS,HIES,HIMS,ICES,ICHS,MECH,MEES,MESE,MESH,MICE,MICH,MICS,MISE,SECH,SEEM,SEME,SEMI,SHIM,SICE,SICH,SMEE,

3-letter words (29 found)

CEE,CHE,CHI,CIS,ECH,EHS,EME,EMS,HEM,HES,HIC,HIE,HIM,HIS,ICE,ICH,ISH,ISM,MEE,MEH,MES,MIC,MIS,SEC,SEE,SEI,SHE,SIC,SIM,

2-letter words (13 found)

CH,EE,EH,EM,ES,HE,HI,HM,IS,ME,MI,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 93 words from chemise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chemise

chemise

Etymology

From French chemise, from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisa, camisia ("shirt, undergarment, nightgown"; whence Old English cemes (“shirt”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”) (whence Old English hemeþe, Old High German hemidi, modern German Hemd (“shirt”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).

Cognate also with Saterland Frisian Hoamd (“shirt”), Dutch hemd (“shirt”), Old English ham (“undergarment”), hama (“covering, dress, garment”). See also shimmy, from a dialectal variant. More at hame.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ʃəˈmiːz/, /ʃəˈmiːs/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʃəˈmiːz/
  • Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

chemise (plural chemises)

  1. (historical) A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
  2. A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
  3. A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.
  4. A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.

Derived terms

  • chemise cagoule
  • chemise lifter
  • chemisette

Related terms

  • camis
  • shimmy

Translations

Anagrams

  • schemie

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃə.miz/
  • Homophones: chemisent, chemises

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”).

Noun

chemise f (plural chemises)

  1. shirt
  2. folder (office supplies)
  3. chemise (wall-enforcing earthwork)
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chemise

  1. inflection of chemiser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

  • cemise, chemes, chamisae

Etymology

From Medieval Latin camisia.

Noun

chemise oblique singular, f (oblique plural chemises, nominative singular chemise, nominative plural chemises)

  1. shirt; overshirt

Descendants

  • Gallo: chminzz
  • French: chemise
    • Antillean Creole: chimiz
    • Guianese Creole: chimiz
    • Karipúna Creole French: ximiz
    • Louisiana Creole: chimiz, chimij, chmiz, chimiy, chmij
    • Seychellois Creole: simiz, cemiz
    • → English: chemise
    • → Ladino: shemiz
    • → Neapolitan: scemisse
    • → Scots: chemeis
    • → Vietnamese: sơ-mi
    • → Yemeni Arabic: شميز
    (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: queminse (continental Normandy), qu'minse, ch'minse (Guernsey), c'mînse (Jersey)
  • Walloon: tchimijhe
  • → Middle English: chemise
    • English: chemise

Source: wiktionary.org