Meanings
nounchiffon (countable and uncountable, plural chiffons)
plural chiffons
- countableuncountableA lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.
Her dresses are made from these marvelous chiffons.
- countableuncountableAny purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc.
Origin
- Old Englishċipp“chip, splinter, shaving”
- Middle Englishchip
- Old Frenchchipe“rag”
- Middle Frenchchiffe“cloth, old rag”
- Frenchchiffon
- Englishchiffon
Borrowed from French chiffon, from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”); see chip.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian шифо́н
- шифо́н (šifón)sheer silk or rayon fabric
Catalan xifó
- xifósheer silk or rayon fabric
Chinese Mandarin 雪紡 /雪纺
- 雪紡 /雪纺 (xuěfǎng)sheer silk or rayon fabric
Finnish sifonki
- sifonkisheer silk or rayon fabric
Hungarian sifon
- sifonsheer silk or rayon fabric
Indonesian sifon
- sifonsheer silk or rayon fabric
Irish sreabhann
- sreabhannsheer silk or rayon fabric
Italian chiffon, velocrespo
- chiffonsheer silk or rayon fabric
- velocresposheer silk or rayon fabric
Japanese シフォン, 絹モスリン
- シフォン (shifon)sheer silk or rayon fabric
- 絹モスリン (kinu mosurin)sheer silk or rayon fabric
Korean 시폰, 실크 모슬린
- 시폰 (sipon)sheer silk or rayon fabric
- 실크 모슬린 (silkeu moseullin)sheer silk or rayon fabric
Malay sifon
- sifonsheer silk or rayon fabric
Polish szyfon
- szyfonsheer silk or rayon fabric
Portuguese chiffon
- chiffonsheer silk or rayon fabric
Romanian șifon
- șifonsheer silk or rayon fabric
Russian шифо́н
- шифо́н (šifón)sheer silk or rayon fabric
Spanish gasa
- gasasheer silk or rayon fabric
Swedish chiffong
- chiffongsheer silk or rayon fabric
Turkish şifon
- şifonsheer silk or rayon fabric
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with chiffon
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APA
chiffon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiffon
MLA
“chiffon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiffon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiffon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiffon.
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