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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
tu·nic   (tōō'nĭk, tyōō'-)   
n.  
    1. A loose-fitting garment, sleeved or sleeveless, extending to the knees and worn by men and women especially in ancient Greece and Rome.
    2. A medieval surcoat.
    3. A long, plain, close-fitting jacket, usually having a stiff high collar and worn as part of a uniform.
    4. A long, plain, sleeved or sleeveless blouse.
    5. A short pleated and belted dress worn by women for some sports.
    1. A long, plain, close-fitting jacket, usually having a stiff high collar and worn as part of a uniform.
    2. A long, plain, sleeved or sleeveless blouse.
    3. A short pleated and belted dress worn by women for some sports.
  1. Anatomy A coat or layer enveloping an organ or part.
  2. Botany A loose membranous outer covering of a bulb or corm, as of the onion, tulip, or crocus.
  3. See tunicle.

[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.]

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) .
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).

Main Entry: tu·nic
Pronunciation: 't(y)ü-nik
Function: noun
: an enclosing or covering membrane or tissue : TUNICA tunics of the eye>

tunic tu·nic (t&oomacr;'nĭk, ty&oomacr;'-)
n.
A coat or layer enveloping an organ or a part; tunica.

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