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chamois

cha·mois

UK/ˈʃæmwɑː/ US/ˈʃæmwɑːz/ rare

noun

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2.

hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French chamois, from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox (5th c. AD, Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“without horns”). Compare also Old High German gamiza (“chamois”) (whence modern German Gämse).

Phrases

  • cattle chamois
  • chamois leather
  • Pyrenean chamois

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