corset

English

Wikipedia

An 1893 corset, front and back.

Etymology

From Old French corset.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

corset (plural corsets)

1. A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.

Translations

woman's garment

Chinese: Mandarin: 緊身褡 (cmn), 紧身褡 (cmn) (jǐnshēndā) Croatian: korzet (hr) n. Czech: korzet (cs) m. Danish: korset (da) n. Dutch: korset (nl) n. Esperanto: korseto Finnish: korsetti (fi) French: corset (fr) m. German: Korsett (de) n. 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. Serbian: steznik m. 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 + -et

Noun

corset m. (plural corsets)

1. corset

Descendants

• Spanish: corsé