tuxedo

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Etymology

From Tuxedo Park, New York, USA, where the fashion is often said to have originated.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: tŭksē'dō, IPA: /tʌkˈsiːdoʊ/, X-SAMPA: /tVk"siːdoU/
• (UK) IPA: /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /tVk"si:d@U/

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

Synonyms

• (formal jacket): dinner jacket
• (formal suit): black tie

Derived terms

• tux

Translations

formal jacket

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無尾禮服 (cmn), 无尾礼服 (cmn) (wúwěilǐfú)

• Czech: smokink (cs) m
• Esperanto: smokingo (eo)
• Estonian: smoking (et)
• Finnish: smokki (fi), smokkitakki (fi)
• French: smoking (fr) m
• German: Smoking (de) m, Tuxedo (de) m
• Greek: σμόκιν (el) (smókin) n
• Hungarian: szmoking (hu)
• Japanese: タキシード (ja) (takishīdo)
• Jèrriais: câsaque dé dînner f
• Korean: 턱시도 (ko) (teoksido)
• Lao: ຊຸດລາຕີຜູ້ຊາຍ (lo)
• Macedonian: смокинг (mk) (smóking) m

• Maltese: ġlekk (mt) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smoking (nb) m

  Nynorsk: smoking (nn) m

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

  Cyrillic: смокинг (sh) m

  Roman: smoking (sh) m

• Spanish: smoking (es) m
• Turkish: smokin (tr)
• Ukrainian: смокінг (uk) (smókinh) m
• Vietnamese: ximôckinh (vi), ximôkinh (vi), áo đuôi tôm (vi)

formal suit

• Bulgarian: смокинг (bg) (smóking) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無尾禮服 (cmn), 无尾礼服 (cmn) (wúwěilǐfú)

• Czech: smokink (cs) m
• Danish: smoking (da) c
• Esperanto: smokingo (eo)
• Estonian: smoking (et)
• Finnish: smokki (fi)
• French: smoking (fr) m
• German: Tuxedo (de) m, Abendanzug (de) m
• Hungarian: szmoking (hu)
• Italian: smoking (it) m
• Japanese: タキシード (ja) (takishīdo)

• Korean: 턱시도 (ko) (teoksido)
• Macedonian: смокинг (mk) (smóking) m
• Maltese: libsa gala (mt) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smoking (nb) m

  Nynorsk: smoking (nn) m

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

  Cyrillic: смокинг (sh) m

  Roman: smoking (sh) m

• Spanish: smoking (es) m
• Turkish: smokin

See also

• smoking jacket

References

• Online Etymology Dictionary, "Tuxedo"

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