corset
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corset (plural corsets)
- A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
- (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
- (UK, finance, historical) A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.
Synonyms edit
- stays, see also bodice and underbodice
Derived terms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
woman's garment
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Verb edit
corset (third-person singular simple present corsets, present participle corseting or corsetting, simple past and past participle corseted or corsetted)
- (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
- Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.
- (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 edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French cors (“body”) + -et.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corset m (plural corsets)
Descendants edit
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:
- → Spanish: corsé
- → Swedish: korsett
- → Turkish: korse
Further reading edit
- “corset”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French corset, from cors (“body”) + -et.
Noun edit
corset m (plural corsets)
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Derived terms edit
- corset d'oeuvre (“jersey”)
- t-corset (“t-shirt”)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
corset n (plural corsete)
Declension edit
Declension of corset
singular | plural | |||
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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 |