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prêt-à-porter

English

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Etymology

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1957, reborrowed from French prêt-à-porter (1951), itself a calque of English ready-to-wear.[1]

Adjective

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prêt-à-porter (not comparable)

  1. ready-to-wear

Usage notes

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Synonymous with ready-to-wear, of which it is a reborrowing, but more upscale, due to prestige of French.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Oxford Guide to Etymology, by Philip Durkin, 5. Lexical borrowing, 5.1 Basic concepts and terminology, pp. 213

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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1951, calque of English ready-to-wear.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʁɛ.t‿a.pɔʁ.te/
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Noun

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prêt-à-porter m (plural prêts-à-porter)

  1. ready-to-wear clothing, off-the-rack clothing, off-the-peg clothing
    • 1951, Le Figaro, 28 Dec 1951, p.3, col. 6:[1]
      Entre le prêt à porter et le sur-mesures classique un des plus grands tailleurs de Paris a lancé une formule inédite pour hommes.
      In between ready-to-wear clothing and traditional bespoke attire, one of the biggest tailors in Paris has launched a new option for men.

Descendants

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  • → English: prêt-à-porter
  • → Japanese: プレタポルテ (puretaporute)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “prêt-à-porter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ The Oxford Guide to Etymology, by Philip Durkin, 5. Lexical borrowing, 5.1 Basic concepts and terminology, pp. 213
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