Noun: tamis
| Singular | tamis |
| Plural | tamises |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like tamis
penniless-bench,
wintergrass,
kitchen pass,
grey fox,
grey box,
trailer hitch,
paleness,
loaded march,
Tush Push,
horribleness,
slaughteress,
chapparvovirus,
greenwax,
royal flush,
crab cactus,
geostress,
syngas,
wintercress,
ichthys,
ichthus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, of unclear origin.
2. 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. See: French Nouns '
tamis', Dutch Nouns '
teems', Old English Nouns '
temes', Old English Nouns '
temesian'.
Verbs referencing "tamis"
Spanish Nouns
tamiz.