camisa

Etymology

From Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

Noun

camisa f (plural camises)

1. shirt

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan camisa, chamisa), from Late Latin camisia (compare French chemise, Spanish camisa), from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

Noun

camisa f (plural camises)

1. shirt

Etymology

From Old Portuguese camisa, from Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.sa/

Noun

camisa (plural camisas)

1. shirt

Etymology

From Late Latin camisia (“shirt”), from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈmi.za/

Noun

camisa f

1. shirt (article of clothing)
   • 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão da Guarda, B 1306: Pois a todos avorrece (facsimile)

     ela t(ra)ge camiſa / De ſirgo

     she's wearing a silk shirt

Etymology

From Old Portuguese camisa (“shirt”), from Late Latin camisia (“shirt”), from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈmi.za/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ˈmi.zɐ/
• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧sa

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt (light garment worn over the torso)
2. chemise; nightgown (garment mainly worn by women for sleeping in)
3. coat; hood (protective cover of an object)

Etymology

From Old Spanish camisa, from Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmisa/

Noun

camisa f (plural camisas)

1. shirt

Further reading

• “camisa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.