tamis

See also: tam-is, Tamis, and tamís

English

Several metal tamises

Alternative forms

• tammy

Etymology

Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, of unclear origin.

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.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: tammy

Noun

tamis (countable and uncountable, plural tamises)

1. (cooking) A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.
2. The cloth itself; a tammy.

Coordinate terms

• food mill
• chinois

Related terms

• tammy

Further reading

• tamis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• amits, maist

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Late Latin tamisium, from Frankish *tamisu (“sieve, screen”). Cognate with English temse. Compare also regional Italian tamiso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.mi/
• Hyphenation: ta‧mis

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Noun

tamis m (plural tamis)

1. sieve, riddle

   Déplacez le tamis de gauche à droite 30 fois, en faisant un mouvement de tamisage.

   Move the sieves from left to right 30 times using a sifting motion.

2. screen (mesh for filtering)

   Enlever les filtres, les tamis et les pastilles et les laver séparément.

   Remove and clean filters, screens and nozzle tips separately.

Derived terms

• tamiser

Descendants

• → English: tamis
• → Spanish: tamiz

Further reading

• “tamis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tam-is — dialectal, Southern Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)mis. Compare Bikol Central hamis, Cebuano tam-is and Malay manis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈmis/, [tɐˈmis]
• Hyphenation: ta‧mis

Noun

tamís (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋᜒᜐ᜔)

1. sweetness; sweet taste

   Synonym: katamisan

2. pleasure; pleasurable experience

Derived terms

• katamisan
• magmatamis
• magpatamis
• matamis
• matamis-tamis
• matamisan
• matamisin
• minatamis
• napakatamis
• pampatamis
• patamis
• patamis-tamisin
• patamisan
• patamisin
• tamis-tamisan
• tamisan
• tumamis

 

See also

• mam-is

 

Further reading

• “tamis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)mis.

Noun

tamis

1. taste

Verb

tamis

1. to taste