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tu⋅nic
[too-nik, tyoo-] 
–noun
| 1. | Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform. |
| 2. | a gownlike outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes belted, worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans. |
| 3. | a woman's upper garment, either loose or close-fitting and extending over the skirt to the hips or below. |
| 4. | a garment with a short skirt, worn by women for sports. |
| 5. | Ecclesiastical. a tunicle. |
| 6. | Anatomy, Zoology. any covering or investing membrane or part, as of an organ. |
| 7. | Botany. an integument, as that covering a seed. |
Origin:
bef. 900; (< F tunique) < L tunica; perh. also continuing OE tunece, tunica < L
bef. 900; (< F tunique) < L tunica; perh. also continuing OE tunece, tunica < L
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| tu·nic (tōō'nĭk, tyōō'-) n.
[Middle English tunik, from Old French tunique, from Latin tunica, of Phoenician origin; akin to Hebrew kuttōnet, kətōnet, from Central Semitic *kuttān, *kittān; see chiton.] |
| tu·ni·cle (tōō'nĭ-kəl, tyōō'-) n. Ecclesiastical A sleeved outer vestment reaching to the knees, worn over the alb by a subdeacon or sometimes under the dalmatic by a bishop or cardinal. Also called tunic. [Middle English, from Latin tunicula, diminutive of tunica, tunic; see tunic.] |
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Tunic
Tu"nic\, n. [L. tunica: cf. F. tunique.]1. (Rom. Antiq.) An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle. 2. Any similar garment worm by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others. 3. (R. C. Ch.) Same as Tunicle. 4. (Anat.) A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye. 5. (Bot.) A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed. 6. (Zo["o]l.) See Mantle, n., 3 (a) .
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Language Translation for : tunic
Spanish:
túnica,
German:
der Waffenrock,
Japanese:
短上着
tunic
1603, from M.Fr. tunique, from L. tunica (cf. Sp. tunica, It. tonica, O.E. tunece, O.H.G. tunihha), probably from a Semitic source (cf. Heb. kuttoneth "coat," Aramaic kittuna).
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Main Entry: tu·nic
Pronunciation: 't(y)ü-nik
Function: noun
: an enclosing or covering membrane or tissue :
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tunic tu·nic (t&oomacr;'nĭk, ty&oomacr;'-)
n.
A coat or layer enveloping an organ or a part; tunica.
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