modiste
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French modiste. Compare modist.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
modiste (plural modistes)
- A person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 46:
- Her dresses – about 150 each year – are made by Rose Bertin, an expensive but necessary modiste with premises on the rue Saint-Honoré.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 46:
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /mɔdist/
Noun[edit]
modiste m (plural modistes)
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
modiste f
- Plural form of modista
