soutane
See also: Soutane
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French soutane, from Italian sottana, from Latin subtana, from subtus (“below, beneath”), from sub (“under”).
Noun edit
soutane (plural soutanes)
- A long gown with sleeves and buttons at the front, particularly when worn by Roman Catholic clerics.
- Synonym: cassock
- 1904 January 29 – October 7, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard, London, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], published 1904, →OCLC:
- The long, skimpy soutane accentuated the tallness of his stature; […] and the straight, black bar of his joined eyebrows […] suggested something unlawful behind his priesthood, the idea of a chaplain of bandits.
- 1916 December 29, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:
- Then at the door of the castle the rector had shaken hands with his father and mother, his soutane fluttering in the breeze, and the car had driven off with his father and mother on it.
Translations edit
a long gown
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Noun edit
soutane f (plural soutanes)
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Finnish edit
Verb edit
soutane
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian sottana.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soutane f (plural soutanes)
- cassock, soutane
- (figurative) Roman Catholic priesthood, the Roman Catholic Church or institutions.
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Further reading edit
- “soutane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.