soutien

See also: Soutien

French

Etymology

Deverbal from soutenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.tjɛ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

soutien m (plural soutiens)

1. support (physical)
2. support (psychological/emotional)
3. (informal) Ellipsis of soutien-gorge.

   Synonym: soutif

Derived terms

• soutien-gorge

Related terms

• soutenir

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: сутие́н (sutién)
• → Egyptian Arabic: ستيان (sutyān)
• → Greek: σουτιέν (soutién)
• → Khmer: អាវស៊ូជាង (ʼaaw suuciəng)
• → Portuguese: sutiã
• → Romanian: sutien
• → Turkish: sütyen, sutyen
• → Vietnamese: xu-chiêng

Further reading

• “soutien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French soutien.

Noun

soutien m (plural soutiens)

1. Alternative form of sutiã

Spanish

Noun

soutien m (plural soutiens)

1. (Argentina) bra; brassiere

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sostén