leotard

English

A gymnast in a sleeveless leotard.

Etymology

Named after French acrobat Jules Léotard (1838–1870).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ə.tɑːd/, /ˈlɪə.tɑːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ə.tɑːɹd/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

Noun

leotard (plural leotards)

1. A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)
   • 1963 May, Gloria Steinem, “A Bunny's Tale”, in Show Magazine‎^[1], page 99:

     Tomorrow is the day. Marie makes her first trip out of this notebook and into the world. I'm off to buy a leotard.

Derived terms

• biketard
• leotarded
• leotardlike
• unitard

Translations

skin-tight one piece suit of clothing

• Bulgarian: трико n (triko)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緊身衣, 紧身衣 (jǐnshēnyī)

• Czech: body (cs) n
• Finnish: trikoot pl, voimistelupuku
• French: justaucorps (fr) m
• German: Leotard n, Gymnastikanzug m, Turnanzug m
• Greek: κορμάκι (el) n (kormáki)

• Ido: malyoto (io)
• Italian: body (it) m, calzamaglia (it) f
• Japanese: レオタード (reotādo)
• Portuguese: malha (pt) f, collant (pt) m
• Russian: леота́рд (ru) m (leotárd), трико́ (ru) n (trikó), пачка (ru) f (pačka) (in ballet)
• Spanish: leotardo (es) m
• Swedish: dansdräkt c, leotard c

Further reading

• leotard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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