corset

English

Etymology

From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse +‎ -et.

An 1893 corset, front and back.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪt

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

corset (plural corsets)

1. A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
2. (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
3. (UK, finance, historical) A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.

Synonyms

• stays, see also bodice and underbodice

Derived terms

• anticorset
• corseted
• corset effect
• corsetery
• corsetless
• corsetlike
• corsetmaker
• corsetmaking
• corsetry
• corsetwear
• hourglass corset
• neck corset

 

Translations

woman's garment

• Arabic: كورسيه m

  Hijazi Arabic: كورساج m (kōrsāj), مَشَد m (mašad)

• Armenian: սեղմիրան (hy) (seġmiran)
• Bulgarian: корсе́т m (korsét)
• Catalan: cotilla (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緊身褡／紧身褡 (jǐnshēndā)

• Cornish: korset m
• Czech: korzet m
• Danish: korset (da) n, snørliv n
• Dutch: korset (nl) n, keurs (nl) n
• Esperanto: korseto
• Finnish: korsetti (fi)
• French: corset (fr) m
• German: Korsett (de) n, Schnürleib m
• Greek: κορσές (el) m (korsés)
• Hebrew: מחוך (he) m (makhokh)
• Hungarian: fűző (hu)
• Icelandic: lífstykki n
• Ido: korseto (io)
• Italian: corsetto (it) m
• Japanese: コルセット (ja) (korusetto)
• Korean: 코르셋 (koreuset)
• Maranao: korsit
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korsett n

  Nynorsk: korsett n

• Persian: شکمبند (fa) (šekamband), کرست (fa) (korset)
• Polish: gorset (pl) m
• Portuguese: espartilho (pt) m, corset m
• Romanian: corset (ro) n
• Russian: корсе́т (ru) m (korsét), гра́ция (ru) f (grácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стезник m, корзет n

  Roman: steznik (sh) m, korzet (sh) n

• Slovak: korzet m
• Spanish: corsé (es) m
• Swedish: korsett (sv) c
• Tagalog: kurse
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: korse (tr)
• Vietnamese: coóc-xê
• Welsh: staes f, corsed f

Verb

corset (third-person singular simple present corsets, present participle corseting or corsetting, simple past and past participle corseted or corsetted)

1. (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.

   Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.

2. (figuratively) To restrict or confine.

   I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!

   • 2004 July 1, Leslie Feinberg, “Sexual freedom vs. fascism in Germany”, in Workers World‎^[1]:

     They were trying to free the lives of women of all sexualities and genders that were tightly corseted by lack of basic social and economic rights.

Anagrams

• torces, c-store, sector, rectos, scoter, Tresco, recost, Cortes, Coster, Ectors, Certos, scrote, escort, coster

French

Etymology

From Old French cors (“body”) + -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.sɛ/

Noun

corset m (plural corsets)

1. corset

Descendants

descendants

• → Czech: korzet
• → Danish: korset
• → Dutch: korset
• → Esperanto: korseto
• → Finnish: korsetti
• → German: Korsett
• → Greek: κορσές (korsés)
• → Italian: corsetto
• → Japanese: コルセット (korusetto)
• → Norwegian: korsett
• → Portuguese: corset
• → Russian: корсе́т (korsét)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: корзет

  Latin script: korzet

• → Spanish: corsé
• → Swedish: korsett
• → Turkish: korse

Further reading

• “corset”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French corset, from cors (“body”) + -et.

Noun

corset m (plural corsets)

1. (Jersey) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• corset d'oeuvre (“jersey”)
• t-corset (“t-shirt”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French corset.

Noun

corset n (plural corsete)

1. corset

Declension

Declension of corset

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) corset	corsetul	(niște) corsete	corsetele
genitive/dative	(unui) corset	corsetului	(unor) corsete	corsetelor
vocative	corsetule		corsetelor