three-piece suit

English

Alternative forms

• 3-piece suit

Noun

three-piece suit (plural three-piece suits)

1. A suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat.
   • 2014, Joseph E. Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure:

     Then, immaculately dressed in three-piece suit, starched collar, and wingtips, Wilbur was obliged to drive a spike of Nevada silver into a railroad tie, a tricky and potentially embarrassing ceremonoial duty, especially with a phalanx of eager photographers poised to record every misswing.

Translations

suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat

• Catalan: tern m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三件套西裝／三件套西装 (sānjiàntào xīzhuāng)

• Dutch: driedelig pak n
• Finnish: liivipuku
• French: costume trois pièces (fr) m
• Hungarian: háromrészes öltöny
• Italian: completo (it) m
• Russian: костюм-тройка (ru) m (kostjum-trojka)
• Spanish: terno m

See also

• one-piece
• two-piece
• three-piece suite