chamois
To clean with a chamois leather clothTo clean with a chamois leather cloth.
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1 sensesTo clean with a chamois leather cloth.
Examples
6 sentencesOrigin
Borrowed from Middle French chamois, from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox (5th c. AD,Borrowed from Middle French chamois, from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox (5th c. AD, Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“without horns”). Compare also Old High German gamiza (“chamois”) (whence modern German Gämse).
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Forms
chamoises, chamoising, chamoised, chamoisedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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