tamis

== English == === Alternative forms === tammie, tammy === 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. === Pronunciation === Homophone: tammy === Noun === tamis (countable and uncountable, plural tamises) (cooking) A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth. The cloth itself; a tammy. ==== Coordinate terms ==== food mill chinois ==== Related terms ==== tammy === Further reading === tamis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === amits, maist == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Late Latin tamisium, from Frankish *tamisu (“sieve, screen”). Cognate with English temse. Compare also regional Italian tamiso. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ta.mi/ Hyphenation: ta‧mis === Noun === tamis m (invariable) sieve, riddle screen (mesh for filtering) ==== Derived terms ==== tamiser ==== Descendants ==== → English: tamis → Spanish: tamiz === Further reading === “tamis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tamis. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ta‧mis === Noun === tamis m (plural tamises) silk sieve English wool fabric (figurative) filter Synonyms: filtro, peneira ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tamis”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tamis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === tam-is — dialectal, Southern Tagalog === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)mis. Compare Ilocano sam-it, Pangasinan samit, Bikol Central hamis, Cebuano tam-is and Malay manis. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈmis/ [t̪ɐˈmɪs] Rhymes: -is Syllabification: ta‧mis === Noun === tamís (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋᜒᜐ᜔) sweetness; sweet taste Synonym: katamisan pleasure; pleasurable experience ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “tamis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 === Anagrams === mitsa, tsami == Tetum == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)mis. === Noun === tamis taste === Verb === tamis to taste