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Synonyms for chamois


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sham-ee; French sha-mwah
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃæm i; French ʃaˈmwɑ



Définition of chamois

Origin :
  • 1550s, "Alpine antelope;" 1570s, "soft leather," originally "skin of the chamois," from Middle French chamois "Alpine antelope" (14c.), from Late Latin camox (genitive camocis), perhaps from a pre-Latin Alpine language that also produced Italian camoscio, Spanish camuza, Old High German gamiza, German Gemse (though some of these might be from Latin camox). As a verb, "to polish with chamois," from 1934.
  • noun fabric
Example sentences :
  • Then she dried it with the chamois skins as she often had done before.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • But the chamois did not stir and gazed boldly into Swallow's eyes.
  • Extract from : « Moni the Goat-Boy » by Johanna Spyri
  • He went in and selected a couple of chamois skins, very thick and strong.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • “If not, he should learn,” said the chamois hunter, viciously.
  • Extract from : « The Princess Virginia » by C. N. Williamson
  • How the chamois hunter laughed at this, and showed his white teeth!
  • Extract from : « The Princess Virginia » by C. N. Williamson
  • Those who, like the chamois (and the plant I spoke of) live only in high places.
  • Extract from : « The Princess Virginia » by C. N. Williamson
  • “You shall have the milk, lady,” returned the chamois hunter.
  • Extract from : « The Princess Virginia » by C. N. Williamson
  • It should leap from crag to crag like the chamois of the Alps.
  • Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
  • By comparing him with the chamois, the insect, and the squirrel.
  • Extract from : « Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature » by Ontario Ministry of Education
  • He turned away, bounding from rock to rock with the agility of a chamois.
  • Extract from : « Samuel Brohl & Company » by Victor Cherbuliez

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