chamois

cham·ois  (shm)

n. pl. cham·ois (shmz)

1. An extremely agile goat antelope (Rupicapra rupicapra) of mountainous regions of Europe, having upright horns with backward-hooked tips.

2. also cham·my or sham·my (shm) pl. cham·mies or sham·mies

a. A soft leather made from the hide of this animal or other animals such as deer or sheep.

b. A piece of such leather, or a cotton fabric made to resemble it, used as a polishing cloth or in shirts.

3. A moderate to grayish yellow.

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[French, from Old French, from Late Latin camx.]

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chamois [ˈʃæmɪ (French) ʃamwa]

n pl -ois

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a sure-footed goat antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, inhabiting mountains of Europe and SW Asia, having vertical horns with backward-pointing tips

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a soft suede leather formerly made from the hide of this animal, now obtained from the skins of sheep and goats

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) Also called chamois leather shammy (leather) chammy (leather) [ˈʃæmɪ] a piece of such leather or similar material used for polishing, etc.

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a yellow to greyish-yellow colour

vb (tr)

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) to dress (leather or skin) like chamois

2. to polish with a chamois

[from Old French, from Late Latin camox of uncertain origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chamois - a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin chammy, chammy leather, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning wash leather - piece of chamois used for cleaning and polishing
	2.	chamois - hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips Rupicapra rupicapra goat antelope - bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats genus Rupicapra, Rupicapra - chamois

Translations

chamois N

1. [ˈʃæmwɑː] (Zool) → gamuza f

2. [ˈʃæmɪ] (also chamois leather) → gamuza f

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chamois [ˈʃæmi ˈʃæmwɑː] n → chamois m
chamois leather n → peau f de chamois

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chamois

n

(= leather) → Gamsleder nt; a chamois (leather) → ein Ledertuch nt, → ein Fensterleder nt

(Zool) → Gämse f

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chamois [ˈʃæmwɑː] n (Zool) → camoscio

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chamois [ˈʃæmwɑː] n (Zool) → camoscio

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chamois

n chamois [ˈʃӕmwaː, (American ) ˈʃami]

1 a small antelope living in mountainous country. gemsbok ظَبْيُ الجِبال дива антилопа kamzík gemse die Gemse αγριοκάτσικο gamuza mägikits بز کوهی gemssi chamois יָעֵל सांभर divokoza zerge rusa gunung gemsa camoscio れいよう (알프스 영양) 쌰모아 gemzė kalnu kaza rusa gunung gems gemse giemza camurça capră neagră серна kamzík gams divokoza stenget, gems ตัวชามัวร์ dağ keçisi 小羚羊 сарна چھوٹا مگر مچھ con sơn dương 小羚羊

2 (alsoshammyˈʃӕmi – pluralˈshammies) (a piece of) soft washing leather originally made from its skin. seemsleer جِلْدُ ظَبْيِ الجِبال велур semiš, jelenice vaskeskind das Gemsleder δέρμα σαμουά gamuza seemisnahk دستمال چرمی نرم که از پوست بز کوهی درست شده säämiskä peau de chamois עוֹר יָעֵל सांभर चर्म antilop szarvasbőr kulit rusa vaskaskinn pelle di camoscio セーム皮 섀미 가죽 zomša zamšāda kulit rusa zeemleer pusseskinn ircha pano de limpeza piele de căprioară замша jelenica semiš, (jelenova) krpa jelenska koža sämskskinn หนังชามัวร์ güderi 羚羊皮製成，用於清洗的軟革 замша سابر کا چمڑہ da sơn dương 羚羊皮