unitard
English edit
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjuːnɪtɑːd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjunɪtɑɹd/
Noun edit
unitard (plural unitards)
- A skin-tight garment covering the torso and the legs, sometimes the arms and feet.
- 2007, Leslie Norton, Frederic Franklin, Frederic Franklin: A Biography of the Ballet Star, page 46:
- While Lincoln Kirstein noted that the unitards did show clearly the dancers' lines, he too found them distracting: "Union-suit tights are hard to make look neat, but the line of undergarments shining through continually destroyed the line."
- 2011, Scott Speck, Evelyn Cisneros, Ballet for Dummies, unnumbered page:
- The unitard consists of a leotard (a sort of stretchy one-piece bathing suit) attached to a pair of tights, which completely cover the legs. The unitard can be worn by anyone — men and women, boys, girls, and extraordinarily graceful household pets.
- 2011, Jodi Lundgren, Leap, page 73:
- Backstage (that is, in the high school locker room) before the show, all the other senior girls were pulling on their red unitards for the jazz piece.
Translations edit
skin-tight garment covering torso and legs
