szyfon

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chiffon, from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”), from *ċippian ("to chip; chop off in pieces"), from Proto-Germanic *kipp- (“to chop; split”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵey- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʂɨ.fɔn/
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  • Rhymes: -ɨfɔn
  • Syllabification: szy‧fon

Noun

szyfon m inan

  1. chiffon (sheer silk or rayon fabric)

Declension
Declension of szyfon
singular plural
nominative szyfon szyfony
genitive szyfonu szyfonów
dative szyfonowi szyfonom
accusative szyfon szyfony
instrumental szyfonem szyfonami
locative szyfonie szyfonach
vocative szyfonie szyfony

Derived terms
adjective
nouns
  • szyfoniera
  • szyfonierka

Further reading
  • szyfon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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