Definition
An archaic or variant spelling of chamois, the soft leather made from goat skin.
Etymology
From French, an older spelling variant of chamois. This historical form appears in older English texts and technical documents from the 17th-19th centuries.
Kelly Says
Medieval texts spelled this word so many ways—chamoix, chamois, shamoy, shamois—that you could barely tell people were talking about the same thing! This chaos in spelling reflects when languages didn't have standardized dictionaries.
Translations
ARالعربية
أغنام
a-ghna-am
CACatalà
chamois
cha-mois
CSČeština
chamois
cha-mois
DEDeutsch
Chamois
tsha-moys
ELΕλληνικά
τσαμόι
tsa-mo-i
ESEspañol
chamoix
cha-moi
FRFrançais
chamois
shamwa
HUMagyar
chamois
cha-mois
IDBahasa Indonesia
chamois
cha-mois
ITItaliano
chamois
cha-mois
KKKK
шаңырақ
sha-n-y-ra-q
MSBahasa Melayu
chamois
cha-mois
NLNederlands
chamois
cha-mois
PLPolski
chamois
cha-mois
PTPortuguês
chamois
cha-mois
RORomână
chamois
cha-mois
SVSvenska
chamois
cha-mois
SWKiswahili
chamois
cha-mois
TAதமிழ்
ஆட்டுக்குட்டி
a-ttu-kku-tti
TRTürkçe
chamois
cha-mois
UKУкраїнська
козел
koz-el
VITiếng Việt
chamois
cha-moi