tissu

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French tissu, participle of tistre (modern tisser). Compare Italian tessuto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ti.sy/ === Noun === tissu m (plural tissus) fabric (anatomy) tissue === Further reading === “tissu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === tissew, tisshew, tisshue, tissue, tusshewe, tussu, tysshew, tysshewe, tyssew, tyssu, tyssue === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French tissu, past participle of tistre. Forms with /ʃ/ do not reflect palatalisation of /s/ (as in modern English); instead, they exist because Old French /s(s)/ was perceived as being phonetically closer to Middle English /ʃ/ than to /s/. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiˈsiu̯/, /tiˈʃiu̯/ (with stress retraction) IPA(key): /ˈtisiu̯/, /ˈtiʃiu̯/ === Noun === tissu tissue (silk fabric) A strip of such fabric. ==== Descendants ==== English: tissue Scots: tishie ==== References ==== “tissheu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.