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See also: Lingerie
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French lingerie (“linen closet”). The irregular pronunciation 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
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɒndʒəɹi/, /ˈlɒndʒəɹeɪ/, /ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹi/, /ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹeɪ/
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
[edit]lingerie (usually uncountable, plural lingeries)
- Underwear or nightclothes, especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.
- (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
[edit]Translations
[edit]underwear or nightclothes
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French lingerie.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lingerie f (plural lingeries or lingerieën, diminutive lingerietje n)
Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lingerie f (plural lingeries)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: lingerie
- → German: Lingerie
- → Italian: lingerie
- → Portuguese: lingerie
- → Romanian: lenjerie
Further reading
[edit]- “lingerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French lingerie.
Noun
[edit]lingerie f (invariable)
Further reading
[edit]- lingerie in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French lingerie.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]lingerie f (plural lingeries)
- women's underwear
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:lingerie.
References
[edit]- ^ “lingerie”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “lingerie”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
[edit]Noun
[edit]lingerie f (plural lingerii)
- Alternative form of lenjerie
Declension
[edit]Declension of lingerie
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) lingerie | lingeria | (niște) lingerii | lingeriile |
genitive/dative | (unei) lingerii | lingeriei | (unor) lingerii | lingeriilor |
vocative | lingerie, lingerio | lingeriilor |
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- English uncountable nouns
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- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
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