lingerie
See also: Lingerie
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French lingerie.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlæn.ʒə.ɹi/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌlɑn.(d)ʒəˈɹeɪ/, /ˈlɑn.(d)ʒə.ɹi/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌlɔn.(d)ʒəˈɹæɪ/, /ˈlɔ̃.(d)ʒə.ɹæɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ, -iː
NounEdit
lingerie (usually uncountable, plural lingeries)
- Underwear or nightclothes, especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.
- (dated) Linen goods collectively.
- 1906, Dry Goods Guide (volumes 17-18, page 70)
- Empire matinees in lingerie stuffs with trimmings of lace and embroidery are shown in great variety.
- 1906, Dry Goods Guide (volumes 17-18, page 70)
TranslationsEdit
underwear or nightclothes
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See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French lingerie.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lingerie f (plural lingeries or lingerieën, diminutive lingerietje n)
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lingerie f (plural lingeries)
DescendantsEdit
- → English: lingerie
- → German: Lingerie
- → Italian: lingerie
- → Portuguese: lingerie
- → Romanian: lenjerie
Further readingEdit
- “lingerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
lingerie f (invariable)
Further readingEdit
- lingerie in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from French lingerie.[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lingerie f (plural lingeries)
- women's underwear
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:lingerie.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “lingerie” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2022.
- ^ “lingerie” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
RomanianEdit
NounEdit
lingerie f (plural lingerii)
- Alternative form of lenjerie
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lingerie
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) lingerie | lingeria | (niște) lingerii | lingeriile |
genitive/dative | (unei) lingerii | lingeriei | (unor) lingerii | lingeriilor |
vocative | lingerie, lingerio | lingeriilor |