chiffon
noun /ˈʃɪfɒn/
/ʃɪˈfɑːn/
[uncountable]- a type of fine cloth that you can see through, made from silk or nylon, used especially for making clothesTopics Clothes and Fashionc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryChiffon is used before these nouns:
- scarf
Word Originmid 18th cent. (originally plural, denoting trimmings on a woman's dress): from French, from chiffe ‘rag’.