lingerie

English

Assorted lingerie styles

Etymology

From French lingerie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɔ̃.ʒə.ɹi/, /lɛ̃.ʒə.ɹi/
• (US) IPA: /ˌlɔ̃.(d)ʒəˈɹeɪ/, /ˈlɔ̃.(d)ʒə.ɹi/
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

lingerie (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) Women's underwear or nightclothes, now especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.

Translations

women's underwear or nightclothes

Arabic: ملابس النساء التحتية (ar) (malaabis al-nisaa' al-taHtiyya) pl. Chinese: Mandarin: 女內衣 (cmn), 女内衣 (cmn) (nǚ nèiyì) Czech: prádélko (cs) n. Dutch: lingerie (nl) Finnish: naisten alusvaatteet (women's undergarments) French: lingerie (fr) f. German: Damenunterwäsche f., Dessous n. pl. Hungarian: fehérnemű (hu) Italian: biancheria (it) f., lingerie (it) f. Japanese: ランジェリー (ja) (ranjerī) Korean: please add this translation if you can

Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maltese: ħwejjeġ ta' taħt fini (mt) pl. Manx: fo-eaddagh ben (gv) m. Persian: زیر پوشی زن (zīr pūši zan) Polish: bielizna (pl) f., odzież nocna (pl) f. Portuguese: lingerie (pt) f., camisola (pt) (Brazil) Russian: дамское бельё (ru) (dámskoje bel’jó) n., женское нижнее бельё (ru) (žénskoje nížneje bel’jó) n. Spanish: ropa blanca (es) f., ropa interior (es) f., ropa íntima (es) f., lencería (es) f. Swedish: damunderkläder (sv) pl. Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• negligee
• nightie, nighty

External links

• Lingerie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• underwear

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French

Etymology

From linge +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɛ̃ʒʁi/

Noun

lingerie f. (plural lingeries)

1. linen room
2. lingerie (clothing)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French lingerie.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɐ̃ʒeˈʁi/

Noun

lingerie (plural lingeries)

1. women's underwear