chamois

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from (5th c. AD, Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language , possibly. Compare also 🇨🇬 (whence modern German ).

Pronunciation

 * Of the color sense (both nominal and adjectival) and of the animal sense (in the singular):
 * Of the animal sense (in the plural):
 * Of the color sense (both nominal and adjectival) and of the sense concerning leather (in the singular):
 * Of the sense concerning leather (in the plural):
 * Of the color sense (both nominal and adjectival) and of the sense concerning leather (in the singular):
 * Of the sense concerning leather (in the plural):
 * Of the sense concerning leather (in the plural):
 * Of the sense concerning leather (in the plural):

Noun



 * 1) A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe;.
 * 2) The traditional colour of chamois leather.
 * 3) An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
 * 4)  A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.
 * 1) The traditional colour of chamois leather.
 * 2) An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
 * 3)  A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.
 * 1)  A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.
 * 1)  A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.
 * 1)  A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.
 * 1)  A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.

Translations

 * Albanian: kamoshë
 * Aragonese: sarrio
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: qarapaça
 * Basque: sarrio
 * Belarusian: са́рна
 * Breton: chamoez
 * Bulgarian: дива коза
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 臆羚, 岩羚羊
 * Czech:
 * Danish: gemse
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ĉamo
 * Estonian: mägikits
 * Faroese: gemsa
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: cjamoç
 * Galician:, camurza
 * German: ,
 * Alemannic German: Gemschi
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: gemsa
 * Ido:
 * Irish: seamaí
 * Italian:, rupicapra
 * Japanese: ,
 * Ladin: ciamorc
 * Lak: гьинта
 * Latin: ībex
 * Lithuanian: gemzė
 * Lower Sorbian: źiwa koza
 * Macedonian: дивокоза
 * Maltese: kamoxx
 * Maori: temera
 * Mingrelian: ერსქემი
 * Northern Sami: álpagáica
 * Norwegian: gemse
 * Occitan: camóç,
 * Old English: firgengāt
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Romansch: chamutsch, camutsch , tgamutsch , chamuotsch
 * Russian:, чёрный козёл
 * Sardinian: camussa, crabu aresti, camùsciu
 * Scottish Gaelic: somar
 * Serbo-Croatian: дивокоза,
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: gamusa
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: се́рна, са́рна
 * Upper Sorbian: kamzyk, gemsa, skalna koza
 * Welsh: siami, gafrewig
 * West Frisian: gems


 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 沙穆瓦,, 麂皮革,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: seamaí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: gamusa
 * Turkish:


 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Adjective

 * 1) Chamois-colored.

Verb

 * 1)  To clean with a chamois leather cloth.

Etymology
, from, from (5th c. AD, Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language , possibly.

Noun

 * 1)  animal
 * 2)  leather

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  leather