corset

English

Wikipedia

An 1893 corset, front and back.

Etymology

From Old French corset, from cors (“body”) (modern French corps + -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"kO:(r\).sIt/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪt

Noun

corset (plural corsets)

1. A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
2. (historical) In the Middle Ages, a tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women.

Translations

woman's garment

• Bulgarian: корсет (bg) (korsét) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緊身褡 (cmn), 紧身褡 (cmn) (jǐnshēndā)

• Czech: korzet (cs) m
• Danish: korset (da) n, snørliv (da) n
• Dutch: korset (nl) n
• Esperanto: korseto (eo)
• Finnish: korsetti (fi)
• French: corset (fr) m
• German: Korsett (de) n, Schnürleib (de) m
• Greek: κορσές (el) (korsés) m
• Hebrew: מחוך (he) (makhokh) m
• Hungarian: fűző (hu)

• Icelandic: lífstykki (is) n
• Italian: corsetto (it) m
• Japanese: コルセット (ja) (korusetto)
• Norwegian: korsett (no) m
• Persian: شکمبند (fa) (šekamband)
• Portuguese: espartilho (pt) m
• Russian: корсет (ru) (korsét) m, грация (ru) (grácija) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стезник (sh) m, корзет (sh) n

  Roman: steznik (sh) m, korzet (sh) n

• Spanish: corsé (es) m
• Swedish: korsett (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: korse (tr)

Verb

corset (third-person singular simple present corsets, present participle corseting, simple past and past participle corseted)

1. (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.

   Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.

2. (figuratively) To restrict or confine.

   "I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!" she exclaimed.

Derived terms

• corsetry

Anagrams

• coster, escort, rectos, scoter, scrote, sector, Tresco

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French

Etymology

From Old French cors (“body”) + -et.

Noun

corset m (plural corsets)

1. corset

Descendants

descendants

Czech: korzet (borrowed) Danish: korset (borrowed) Dutch: korset (borrowed) Esperanto: korseto (borrowed) Finnish: korsetti (borrowed) German: Korsett (borrowed) Greek: κορσές (korsés) (borrowed) Italian: corsetto (borrowed)

Japanese: コルセット (korusetto) (borrowed) Norwegian: korsett (borrowed) Russian: m (korsét) (borrowed) Serbo-Croatian: korzet/корзет (borrowed) Spanish: corsé (borrowed) Swedish: korsett (borrowed) Turkish: korse (borrowed)