chiton

See also: Chiton and chitón

English
A woman wearing a chiton (left), and two women with a himation over a chiton (right).

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Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian 𒌆𒃰 (kitû, literally “flax, linen”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒃰 (kitû [GIŠ.GADA])

Noun

chiton (plural chitons or chitones)

  1. (historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
    • 1992, Donna Tartt, The Secret History:
      On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis’s house.
    • 1998, Colette Susan Czapski, NM238: A Hellenistic Statue and Its Archaistic Support, Kim J. Hartswick, Mary Carol Sturgeon (editors), Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, page 53,
      She wears a diaphanous himation that covers her torso, over a floor-length chiton of heavier fabric.
    • 2002, Nikolaos Kaltsas (editor), chapter I, in Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens‎, page 156:
      She wears a chiton and himation, using both hands to hold the edge of the latter, in which she has gathered apples.
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other Ancient Greek costume
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Etymology 2
A chiton, Cryptochiton stelleri

From New Latin chiton. See above.

Noun

chiton (plural chitons)

  1. Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
    • 1969, Sam Hinton, chapter I, in Seashore Life of Southern California‎, page 72:
      In the giant chiton, Cryptochiton, this girdle has expanded so as to completely cover the plates.
    • 1979, R. McNeill Alexander, chapter I, in The Invertebrates‎, page 295:
      The chiton (Fig. 14.1 a) is depressed (dorso-ventrally flattened), with a large foot which has a flat sole.
    • 1996, Paul Henson, chapter I, in The Natural History of Big Sur‎, page 70:
      The bright orange gumboot chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri) is the largest in the world.
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Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxi.tɔn/
  • Hyphenation: chi‧ton

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).

Noun

chiton m (plural chitons)

  1. chiton (Greek tunic)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn).

Noun

chiton m (plural chitons or chitonen)

  1. chiton (mollusc of the class Polyplacophora)
    Synonym: keverslak
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