bustier
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bustier (plural bustiers)
- A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, with covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
- Synonym: bustiere
- 2009 February 18, Cathy Horyn, “In the Moment, or Not”, in New York Times[1]:
- The clothes were equally frothy: teacup silk skirts, a bubbly wool coat in Bazooka pink, satin bustiers with huge fan pleats across the front, metallic peplum jackets and flamboyantly patterned tights.
- 2010, Jane Porter, The Sheikh's Wife, →ISBN:
- Next came the narrow silk straps of her bustier. She pushed the satin fabric down, toward her waist, exposing her breasts.
Translations edit
a tight-fitting women's top
Etymology 2 edit
See busty.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bustier
- comparative form of busty: more busty
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bustier m (plural bustiers)
- bustier (clothing)
Descendants edit
- → English: bustier
Further reading edit
- “bustier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bustier m (plural bustieri)
Declension edit
Declension of bustier
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) bustier | bustierul | (niște) bustieri | bustierii |
genitive/dative | (unui) bustier | bustierului | (unor) bustieri | bustierilor |
vocative | bustierule | bustierilor |