lingerie

See also: Lingerie

English

Assorted lingerie styles.

Etymology

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒndʒəɹi/, /ˈlɒndʒəɹeɪ/, /ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹi/, /ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (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

lingerie (usually uncountable, plural lingeries)

1. Underwear or nightclothes, especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.
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

• lingerie party
• lingerie shower
• lingerie tape

 

Translations

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
• Galician: brancura f, lenzaría f
• German: Damenunterwäsche (de) f, Dessous (de) n pl, Lingerie 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
• Japanese: ランジェリー (ranjerī)
• Korean: 란제리 (ranjeri), 세탁소 (ko) (setakso)
• 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
• West Frisian: linzjery

See also

• negligee
• nightie, nighty

Further reading

• lingerie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French lingerie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɪn.ʒəˈri/, /ˌlɛn.ʒəˈri/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: lin‧ge‧rie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• lingerieboetiek
• lingeriedraagster
• lingerieset
• lingeriewinkel
• lingeriezaak

French

Etymology

From linge +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̃ʒ.ʁi/

• Audio:

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Noun

lingerie f (plural lingeries)

1. linen room
2. lingerie (clothing)

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lingerie.

Noun

lingerie f (invariable)

1. lingerie

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French lingerie.

Pronunciation

 

• (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/

Noun

lingerie f (plural lingeries)

1. women's underwear

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lingerie.

Romanian

Noun

lingerie f (plural lingerii)

1. Alternative form of lenjerie

Declension

Declension of lingerie

	singular		plural
	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