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tamis.

sieve, riddle

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ta.mi/

  1. sieve, riddle

    invariable · masculine
    Déplacez le tamis de gauche à droite 30 fois, en faisant un mouvement de tamisage.

  2. screen (mesh for filtering)

    invariable · masculine
    Enlever les filtres, les tamis et les pastilles et les laver séparément.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Late Latin tamisium, from Frankish *tamisu (“sieve, screen”). Cognate with English temse. Compare also regional Italian tamiso.

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