tamis
noun
tamis is a noun meaning “A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-A-M-I-S, and it appears about once in every 62 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of tamis is tamises.
What does tamis mean?
noun
- 1
A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.
- 2
The cloth itself; a tammy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tamis
- tamises plural
- tammie
- tammy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tamis?
Tamis appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does tamis come from?
Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, of unclear origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).