chagrin
English
/ˈʃæɡ.ɹɪn/, /ʃəˈɡɹɪn/
noun
Definitions
- Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
- A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.
Etymology
Borrowed from French chagrin (sorrow) derived from Middle French chagrin (affliction, pain) derived from chagreiner derived from Old French greignier, graigne (resentment, sadness, grief), chat (cat), peau de sagrin derived from Ottoman Turkish sağrı (the rump of an animal, skin for tawing).
Origin
Ottoman Turkish
sağrı
Gloss
the rump of an animal, skin for tawing
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- shagreen English
- cattus Latin
- Gram German
- Griesgram German
- gramvoll German
- chagrijn Dutch, Flemish
- chagrin French
- chagrinement French
- chagriner French
- *gramaz Proto-Germanic
- chat Old French
- graigne Old French
- greignier Old French
- peau de sagrin Old French
- gram Old High German
- sağrı Turkish
- gram Middle High German
- chagrin Middle French
- chat Middle French
- sağrı Ottoman Turkish
- *gram Frankish
- grām Vilamovian
- chagrin Louisiana Creole French
- cat ONF.
- chagreiner ONF.