wasp waist

English

Noun

wasp waist (plural wasp waists)

1. a very slim waist resembling that of a wasp, especially one attained by tightlacing (corseting)

Related terms

• wasp-waisted

Translations

waist like that of a wasp

• Catalan: cintura de vespa f
• Danish: hvepsetalje c
• Dutch: wespentaille (nl) f or m
• Finnish: ampiaisvyötärö
• French: taille de guêpe (fr) f
• German: Wespentaille (de) f
• Hungarian: darázsderék (hu)
• Italian: vitino di vespa m
• Norwegian: vepsetalje
• Polish: talia osy f
• Portuguese: cintura de vespa f
• Russian: осиная талия (ru) f (osinaja talija)
• Spanish: cintura de avispa (es) f
• Swedish: getingmidja (sv)

References

• “wasp waist”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.