Lingerie - Wiktionary

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English

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Assorted lingerie styles.

Etymology

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Borrowed from French lingerie (“linen closet”). The irregular pronunciation is a hyperforeignism; it may derive from the frequent shift of /ɛ̃/ (which is this word's first vowel in standard French) toward /ɑ̃/ or [æ̃] in European French, which also tends to be drifted towards /ɔ̃/.

Pronunciation

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹeɪ/, /ˈlɒndʒəɹeɪ/, /ˈlɒndʒəɹi/, /ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌlɑn.ʒəˈɹeɪ/, /ˈlɑn.ʒə.ɹi/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌlɔn.(d)ʒəˈɹæɪ/, /ˈlɔ̃.(d)ʒə.ɹæɪ/, /-ɹi/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ, -iː

Noun

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lingerie (usually uncountable, plural lingeries)

  1. Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive. Synonym: intimate apparel
  2. (dated) Linen goods collectively.
    • 1906, Dry Goods Guide, volumes 17-18, page 70:Empire matinees in lingerie stuffs with trimmings of lace and embroidery are shown in great variety.

Derived terms

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  • lingeried
  • lingerie party
  • lingerie shower
  • lingerie tape
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  • linen

Translations

[edit] underwear or nightclothes
  • Arabic: مَلَابِس اَلنِّسَاء اَلتَّحْتِيَّة pl (malābis an-nisāʔ at-taḥtiyya)
  • Basque: lentzeria
  • Bengali: ল্যানজারি (lênjari)
  • Bulgarian: дамско бельо n (damsko beljo)
  • Catalan: llenceria (ca) f
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 女內衣 / 女内衣 (nǚ nèiyī)
  • Czech: prádélko n
  • Dutch: lingerie (nl) f
  • Esperanto: ekscitvesto
  • Finnish: alusvaatteet (fi) pl
  • French: lingerie (fr) f
  • Frisian: West Frisian: linzjery
  • Galician: brancura f, lenzaría f
  • German: Damenunterwäsche (de) f, Dessous (de) n pl, Lingerie (de) f, Reizwäsche (de) f
  • Hebrew: הלבשה תחתונה f (halbashá taḥtoná)
  • Hungarian: fehérnemű (hu)
  • Irish: éadaí cnis m pl
  • Italian: biancheria (it) f, lingerie (it) f, lingeria (it) f
  • Japanese: ランジェリー (ja) (ranjerī)
  • Korean: 란제리 (ranjeri)
  • Latin: multīcia n pl
  • Lithuanian: moteriškas apatinis trikotažas
  • Maltese: ħwejjeġ ta’ taħt fini pl
  • Manx: fo-eaddagh ben m
  • Persian: زیر پوشی زن (zir puši zan)
  • Polish: bielizna (damska) f, odzież nocna f
  • Portuguese: lingerie (pt) f, camisola (pt) (Brazil)
  • Russian: да́мское бельё n (dámskoje belʹjó), же́нское ни́жнее бельё n (žénskoje nížneje belʹjó)
  • Spanish: ropa blanca f, ropa interior f, ropa íntima f, lencería (es) f
  • Swedish: damunderkläder (sv) pl, raffset n
  • Vietnamese: đồ lót

See also

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  • crotchless
  • negligee
  • nightie, nighty

Further reading

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  • lingerie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French lingerie.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌlɪn.ʒəˈri/, /ˌlɛn.ʒəˈri/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: lin‧ge‧rie
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

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lingerie f (plural lingeries or lingerieën, diminutive lingerietje n)

  1. lingerie (women's underwear)
  2. (dated) lingerie (linens)

Derived terms

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  • lingerieboetiek
  • lingeriedraagster
  • lingerieset
  • lingeriewinkel
  • lingeriezaak

French

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Etymology

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From linge +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lɛ̃ʒ.ʁi/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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lingerie f (plural lingeries)

  1. linen room
  2. lingerie (clothing)

Descendants

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  • → English: lingerie
  • → German: Lingerie
  • → Italian: lingerie
  • → Portuguese: lingerie
  • → Romanian: lenjerie

Further reading

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

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French lingerie.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lin.d͡ʒeˈri/*, (careful style) /ˌlɛnʒˈri/*

Noun

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lingerie f (invariable)

  1. lingerie

Further reading

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  • lingerie in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French lingerie.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /lɐ̃.ʒeˈʁi/ [lɐ̃.ʒeˈhi]
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /lɐ̃.ʒeˈʁi/ [lɐ̃.ʒeˈhi]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /lɐ̃.ʒeˈʁi/ [lɐ̃.ʒeˈχi]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐ̃.ʒɨˈɾi/
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

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lingerie f (plural lingeries)

  1. women's underwear
    • 2007, Tania Menai, Nova York do Oiapoque ao Chuí: relatos de brasileiros na cidade que nunca dorme, Casa da Palavra, →ISBN, page 129:O pessoal daqui viu como a gente fotografa bem, como as meninas são bonitas, todas elas são sexys, têm corpo legal, a maioria é desinibida — ou seja, não há problema de vestir biquíni ou lingerie e fotografar.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

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  1. ^ “lingerie”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
  2. ^ “lingerie”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Further reading

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  • “lingerie”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Romanian

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Noun

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lingerie f (plural lingerii)

  1. alternative form of lenjerie

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative lingerie lingeria lingerii lingeriile
genitive-dative lingerii lingeriei lingerii lingeriilor
vocative lingerie, lingerio lingeriilor

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