Shirt – la chemise

(Pronounced shuh-meez)

To remember that Shirt is pronounced shumeez (chemise) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The patient had to unbutton his shirt to show the measles (chemise) rash to the doctor.

Chemise is feminine, so it's la chemise. Imagine the Labrador wearing a shirt covered in paint spatter.

Examples of chemise (shirt) in a sentence

Il porte une chemise blanche. 

(He is wearing a white shirt.)

J'ai acheté une chemise bleue. 

(I bought a blue shirt.)

Cette chemise est trop large pour moi. 

(This shirt is too big for me.)