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tamis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
tamis
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The cloth itself; a tammy.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, of unclear origin. 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”). Doublet of temse.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: tamis, tamisium

Usage

Inflected Forms

tamises (plural) tammie (alternative) tammy (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

tammy food mill chinois

Homonyms

tammy

Questions

What does tamis mean?
A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.
Where does tamis come from?
It is traced to French.

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