tamis

Etymology

Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, from Frankish *tamis, *tamusi, from Proto-Germanic *tamusį̄ (“sieve; strainer; sile”). Cognate with Old High German zemis (dialectal German Zims), Dutch teems (“sieve”), West Frisian teams, tiems, German Low German Teemse, Teems, Old English temes, Old English temesian (“to sieve; sift”). More at temse.

Noun

tamis (plural tamises)

1. A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth
2. The cloth itself; tammy.

Anagrams

• amits, maist

Etymology

From Late Latin tamisium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.mi/

Noun

tamis m (plural tamis)

1. a sieve, a riddle

Further reading

• “tamis” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

tamis

1. sweetness