tuxedo

English

Etymology

From Tuxedo Park, New York, USA, where the fashion is often said to have originated, the village in turn likely from an Eastern Algonquian language (Munsee), from Lenape, tucsedo or p'tuxseepu, ("crooked water" or "crooked river").

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: tŭksē'dō, IPA^(key): /tʌkˈsidoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

Noun

Three men in tuxedos

tuxedo (plural tuxedos or tuxedoes)

1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
2. The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.
3. Ellipsis of tuxedo cat.

Synonyms

• (formal jacket): dinner jacket
• (formal suit): black tie, tux, penguin suit

Derived terms

• tux
• tuxedo cat
• Canadian tuxedo
• Texan tuxedo

Translations

formal jacket

• Bulgarian: смокинг m (smoking)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 踢死兔 (tek³ sei² tou³)

  Mandarin: 無尾禮服／无尾礼服 (wúwěilǐfú)

• Czech: smokink (cs) m
• Danish: smoking c
• Esperanto: smokingo
• Estonian: smoking (et)
• Finnish: smokkitakki, smokin takki
• French: smoking (fr) m
• Galician: smóking m
• Georgian: სმოკინგი (smoḳingi)
• German: Smoking (de) m
• Greek: σμόκιν (el) n (smókin)
• Hungarian: szmoking (hu)
• Irish: seaicéad dinnéir m
• Japanese: タキシード (ja) (takishīdo)
• Korean: 턱시도 (teoksido)
• Lao: ຊຸດລາຕີຜູ້ຊາຍ (sut lā tī phū sāi)
• Macedonian: смо́кинг m (smóking)
• Maltese: ġlekk m
• Norman: câsaque dé dînner f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smoking (no) m

  Nynorsk: smoking m

• Polish: smoking (pl) m
• Portuguese: smoking (pt) m
• Russian: смо́кинг (ru) m (smóking)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: смокинг m

  Roman: smoking (sh) m

• Spanish: smoking (es) m, esmoquin (es) m
• Swedish: smoking (sv) c
• Tagalog: tuksedo
• Turkish: smokin (tr)
• Ukrainian: смо́кінг m (smókinh)
• Vietnamese: ximôckinh (vi), ximôkinh (vi), áo đuôi tôm
• Yiddish: סמאָקינג m (smoking)

formal suit

• Bulgarian: смо́кинг m (smóking)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 踢死兔 (tek³ sei² tou³)

  Mandarin: 無尾禮服／无尾礼服 (wúwěilǐfú)

• Czech: smokink (cs) m
• Danish: smoking c
• Esperanto: smokingo
• Estonian: smoking (et)
• Finnish: smokki (fi)
• French: smoking (fr) m
• German: Tuxedo m, Abendanzug (de) m, Smoking (de) m
• Hungarian: szmoking (hu)
• Italian: smoking (it) m
• Japanese: タキシード (ja) (takishīdo)
• Korean: 턱시도 (teoksido)
• Macedonian: смо́кинг m (smóking)
• Maltese: libsa gala f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smoking (no) m

  Nynorsk: smoking m

• Polish: smoking (pl) m
• Portuguese: smoking (pt) m
• Russian: смо́кинг (ru) m (smóking)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: смокинг m

  Roman: smoking (sh) m

• Spanish: smoking (es) m, esmoquin (es) m
• Swedish: smoking (sv) c
• Turkish: smokin (tr)

See also

• smoking jacket

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “tuxedo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Xed out

Spanish

Noun

tuxedo m (plural tuxedos)

1. tuxedo