shirt en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ʃɜːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ʃɜɹt/ (General-American)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā Old English sċyrte Middle English schirte English shirt From Middle English schirt, schirte, schuirte, schyrtte, seorte, shearte, shert, shirt, sseorte, from Old English sċyrte (“a short garment; skirt; kirtle”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (“a short garment, skirt, apron”), from *skurtaz (“short”), from *skertaną (“to cut off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off; to divide”). Doublet of skirt. Cognates Cognate with Yola shoorth, skoorth (“shirt”), North Frisian Sjürt (“shirt”), Saterland Frisian Schoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk skjorte (“shirt”), Faroese skjúrta (“shirt”), Icelandic skyrta (“shirt”), Swedish skjorta (“shirt”), Irish sciorta (“skirt; strip”), Welsh sgert (“skirt”); also Irish curach, currach (“coracle, currach”), Welsh corwg (“coracle”), Latin carō (“flesh; pulp of a fruit; soft part of a precious stone”), Umbrian 𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌖 (karu, “part”), Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to shave; to waste; to consume; to cut short”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear; to scratch”), Latvian šķērst (“cut dead animal or human so as to expose internal organs”), Lithuanian sker̃sti (“to slaughter; to massacre; to cut”), Belarusian кара́ (kará, “bark; crust”), Bulgarian, Carpathian Rusyn, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian кора́ (korá, “bark”), Czech kůra (“bark( crust; cortex; rind”), Kashubian kóra (“bark; crust”), Lower Sorbian škóra (“bark; crust”), Polish kora (“bark; crust; cortex”), Serbo-Croatian ко̏ра, kȍra (“bark; crust”), Slovak kôra (“bark; crust”), Upper Sorbian skora (“bark; crust”), Armenian քերել (kʻerel, “to scrape, scrub”), Central Kurdish چەرم (çerm, “skin”), Northern Kurdish çerm (“skin”), Ossetian царм (carm, “skin”), Persian چرم (čarm, “leather”), Hittite 𒅗𒊑𒄑𒍣 (kariezzi, “to cover”), Kamkata-viri čom, čum (“skin; hide”), Sanskrit चर्मन् (carman, “skin; pelt”). Doublet of skirt via Old Norse; further related to short.
Meanings
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An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, often with sleeves that cover some or all of the arms.
He went to the mall to find a decent shirt for his interview.
She had her shertes & gyrdyls of heere.
1509, John Fisher, A Mornynge Remembraunce […] :Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts.
1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:Holt was furious referee Michael Oliver refused to then award him a penalty after Ledley King appeared to pull his shirt and his anger was compounded when Spurs immediately levelled.
2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport:
- An interior lining in a blast furnace.
- A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| shirts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Oxford shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirtband (single words) · shirt-button (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · tuxedo shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · Brownshirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · Shirtgate (single words) · shirt-sleeve (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirtwaist (single words) · nether-shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · Winchester shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirt lifter (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · bowling shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirt-sleeves (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · workshirt (single words) · the shirt off one's back (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · stuffed-shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirtmaker (single words) · fire shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · cabana shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · blackshirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · grandfather shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · Orange Shirt Day (single words) · undershirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirtlet (single words) · nightshirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · red shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · hairshirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · red-shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirted (single words) · shirt-waist (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · structured shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · golf shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirt sleeves (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirt-stud abscess (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirtwise (single words) · ringer T-shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · horsehair shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · dinner shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirts and skins (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · pirate shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · lounge shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · lumberjack shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · overshirt (single words) · dress shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · sweat shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · rugby shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shooter shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · Crimean shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirt waist (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirt-tail (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · weirdo shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · sweatshirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · swimshirt (single words) · mail shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · habit shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · sleepshirt (single words) · put one's shirt on · belly shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirt sleeve (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · T-shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirtful (single words) · hair shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · brownshirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · white-shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · hair-shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirt collar (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · poet shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirty (single words) · shirtdress (single words) · muscle shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · greenshirt (single words) · war shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · boiled shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · jac-shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · polo shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · brown shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirt-lifter (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shacket (single words) · Blueshirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · wedding shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirt tail (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · ghost shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · purple shirt of sex (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirtfront (single words) · Tolstoy shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · stuffed shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · Madiba shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirtlike (single words) · aloha shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirtlifter (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirtwaister (single words) · keep one's shirt on · Truman shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · tennis shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · give the shirt off one's back · A-shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · blue shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirt-jac (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · wave the bloody shirt · Nessus shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · peasant shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirttail (single words) · yellow shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirt-frill (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · redshirt (single words) · lose one's shirt · shirt-front (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · shirtlifting (single words) · shirtmaking (single words) · diaper shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · get someone's shirt out · off like a dirty shirt · camp shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns)) · get one's shirt out · shirtless (single words) · Hawaiian shirt (compound words and phrases (nouns))
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (250)
fy himd (article of clothing) · sc camisa (article of clothing) · my အင်္ကျီ (article of clothing) · id baju (article of clothing) · da trøje (article of clothing) · rup cãmeashã (article of clothing) · tk köýnek (article of clothing) · to sote (article of clothing) · ug كۆينەك (article of clothing) · gd lèine (article of clothing) · af hemp (article of clothing) · mrc haav (article of clothing) · ltg krakli (article of clothing) · haw palaka (article of clothing) · ota پیراهن (article of clothing) · uz ko'ylak (article of clothing) · nl shirt (article of clothing) · hrx Himd (article of clothing) · ovd stjuorta (article of clothing) · id kemeja (article of clothing) · lzz ფორჩა (article of clothing) · ga léine (article of clothing) · sh rubača (article of clothing) · izh paita (article of clothing) · fr chemise (article of clothing) · cs košile (article of clothing) · sh košulja (article of clothing) · ast camisa (article of clothing) · mt qmis (article of clothing) · ko 와이셔츠 (article of clothing) · ml ഷർട്ട് (article of clothing) · ms kemeja (article of clothing) · tg пироҳан (article of clothing) · lut puʔtəd (article of clothing) · ky көйнөк (article of clothing) · pt camisa (article of clothing) · bn কামিজ (article of clothing) · kjh кӧгенек (article of clothing) · am ሸሚዝ (article of clothing) · tly شوی (article of clothing) · lv krekls (article of clothing) · rw ijipo (article of clothing) · hu ing (article of clothing) · amw ܩܡܨܬ̤ܐ (article of clothing) · cmn 襯衣 /衬衣 (article of clothing) · tl kamisa (article of clothing) · acw قميص (article of clothing) · be руба́шка (article of clothing) · nrf c'mînse (article of clothing) · scn cammisa (article of clothing) · sco sark (article of clothing) · kn ಕಮೀಜು (article of clothing) · ja シャツ (article of clothing) · be кашу́ля (article of clothing) · pl koszula (article of clothing) · eo ĉemizo (article of clothing) · sh мајица (article of clothing) · fa-ira قَمیص (article of clothing) · alt кӱнек (article of clothing) · crs semiz (article of clothing) · ang hemeþe (article of clothing) · az köynək (article of clothing) · yo ṣẹ́ẹ̀tì (article of clothing) · sq këmishë (article of clothing) · vi áo sơ mi (article of clothing) · gl camisa (article of clothing) · fur cjamese (article of clothing) · tru ܩܡܶܣܬܳܐ (article of clothing) · wa tchimijhe (article of clothing) · ary قميجة (article of clothing) · ckt мычыквын (article of clothing) · sv skjorta (article of clothing) · uum кӧльмек (article of clothing) · iqu namátiica (article of clothing) · dsb zgełko (article of clothing) · th เสื้อ (article of clothing) · ajp بلورة (article of clothing) · ja ワイシャツ (article of clothing) · as চোলা (article of clothing) · tt күлмәк (article of clothing) · se báidi (article of clothing) · kim ырмааӄы (article of clothing) · ta சட்டை (article of clothing) · is skyrta (article of clothing) · frr Sjürt (article of clothing) · pdt Hamd (article of clothing) · or ଶାର୍ଟ (article of clothing) · dsb zgło (article of clothing) · rm chamischa (article of clothing) · gu ખમીસ (article of clothing) · or ଅଙ୍ଗି (article of clothing) · ko 셔츠 (article of clothing) · mi hāte (article of clothing) · cu срачица (article of clothing) · sh кошуља (article of clothing) · crh kölmek (article of clothing) · kn ಅಂಗಿ (article of clothing) · ba күлдәк (article of clothing) · vo jit (article of clothing) · br roched (article of clothing) · hy շապիկ (article of clothing) · fi paita (article of clothing) · cy crys (article of clothing) · nv deijiʼ ééʼ (article of clothing) · da bluse (article of clothing) · xdq ккуртте (article of clothing) · hsb košla (article of clothing) · sh рубача (article of clothing) · eu alkandora (article of clothing) · mi kokomo (article of clothing) · bua самса (article of clothing) · sah ырбаахы (article of clothing) · nl hemd (article of clothing) · lo ເສື້ອເຊີດ (article of clothing) · ps خت (article of clothing) · rom gad (article of clothing) · mfe semiz (article of clothing) · gl blusa (article of clothing) · hil kamisadentro (article of clothing) · bo སྐུ་སྟོད (article of clothing) · dv ގަމީސް (article of clothing) · ce коч (article of clothing) · krc кёлек (article of clothing) · sc camisa (article of clothing) · ne कमीज (article of clothing) · es camisa (article of clothing) · hy վերնաշապիկ (article of clothing) · gl envestidoiro (article of clothing) · mn дотуур цамц (article of clothing) · vec camixa (article of clothing) · ko 남방 (article of clothing) · swg Hemmed (article of clothing) · mk маица (article of clothing) · it maglia (article of clothing) · ki sati (article of clothing) · yue 恤衫 (article of clothing) · sdh کِراس (article of clothing) · it camicia (article of clothing) · km អាវ (article of clothing) · kk көйлек (article of clothing) · uk кошу́ля (article of clothing) · hi क़मीज़ (article of clothing) · sl srajca (article of clothing) · el πουκάμισο (article of clothing) · esu lumarraq (article of clothing) · cic naafka' lombo' (article of clothing) · mk кошула (article of clothing) · ckb کِراس (article of clothing) · zdj shatri (article of clothing) · liv serk (article of clothing) · ka პერანგი (article of clothing) · ms baju (article of clothing) · th เสื้อเชิ้ต (article of clothing) · ro cămașă (article of clothing) · he חולצה \ חֻלְצָה (article of clothing) · wym hemb (article of clothing) · wo mbubb (article of clothing) · gl cos (article of clothing) · bo འོག་འཇུག (article of clothing) · crh kölekse (article of clothing) · ne सर्ट (article of clothing) · mn цамц (article of clothing) · la camisia (article of clothing) · vi sơ mi (article of clothing) · sdn camisgia (article of clothing) · kmr kiras (article of clothing) · ruq cămeașă (article of clothing) · pap kamisa (article of clothing) · oc camisa (article of clothing) · et särk (article of clothing) · rsk кошуля (article of clothing) · mer shati (article of clothing) · udm дэрэм (article of clothing) · win woonąžį (article of clothing) · ajp قميص (article of clothing) · kdr кельмяк (article of clothing) · be саро́чка (article of clothing) · vep paid (article of clothing) · gl chambra (article of clothing) · ru соро́чка (article of clothing) · srn empi (article of clothing) · sc camigia (article of clothing) · kk жейде (article of clothing) · twf cûdena (article of clothing) · mww tsho (article of clothing) · kl ilulleq (article of clothing) · sh majica (article of clothing) · bo སྟོད་ཐུང (article of clothing) · oj babagiwayaan (article of clothing) · hu kombiné (article of clothing) · uk соро́чка (article of clothing) · tl kamiseta (article of clothing) · ur قَمِیض (article of clothing) · avd پیران (article of clothing) · sc bentòne (article of clothing) · lb Hiem (article of clothing) · lt marškiniai (article of clothing) · dlm camaisa (article of clothing) · sk košeľa (article of clothing) · nn skjorte (article of clothing) · ota گوملك (article of clothing) · ne शर्ट (article of clothing) · bg ри́за (article of clothing) · ar قَمِيص (article of clothing) · mt flokk (article of clothing) · tg курта (article of clothing) · enm schirte (article of clothing) · sl majica (article of clothing) · de Hemd (article of clothing) · eu atorra (article of clothing) · cjs кӱнек (article of clothing) · nl overhemd (article of clothing) · luo shat (article of clothing) · ru руба́шка (article of clothing) · da skjorte (article of clothing) · sw shati (article of clothing) · nb skjorte (article of clothing) · tr pirahen (article of clothing) · fa-ira پیراهَن (article of clothing) · amu kotôⁿ (article of clothing) · fo skjúrta (article of clothing) · rup cãmeashi (article of clothing) · qu kamisa (article of clothing) · cmn 襯衫 /衬衫 (article of clothing) · io kamizo (article of clothing) · tr gömlek (article of clothing) · te చొక్కా (article of clothing) · bn শার্ট (article of clothing) · nog коьйлек (article of clothing) · syc ܩܡܝܨܬܐ (article of clothing) · non skyrta (article of clothing) · arz قميص (article of clothing) · kam shati (article of clothing) · luy lishati (article of clothing) · kdr кёльмяк (article of clothing) · es chema (article of clothing) · lki کِراس (article of clothing) · ml കുപ്പായം (article of clothing) · fa-ira کُرْتِه (article of clothing) · sdc camixa (article of clothing) · uum гӧльмек (article of clothing) · la tunicula (article of clothing) · fur čhamese (article of clothing) · ur قَمِیص (article of clothing) · kum гёлек (article of clothing) · yi העמד (article of clothing) · inh коч (article of clothing) · tyv хөйлең (article of clothing) · tew to (article of clothing) · ca camisa (article of clothing)