trousseau

English

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Etymology

From French trousseau, diminutive of trousse ‘bundle’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɹuːsəʊ/
• Rhymes: -uːsəʊ

Noun

trousseau (plural trousseaus or trousseaux)

1. (obsolete) A bundle.
2. The clothes and linen etc. that a bride collects for her wedding and married life.
   • 1918: Consequently, having decided to divide her daughter's trousseau into two parts, a lesser and a larger, the Princess eventually consented to have the wedding before Advent. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 435)

Translations

bridal clothes

Crimean Tatar: ciyez (northern dialect satuv) Italian: corredo (it) m. Ladino: Latin: ashugar m.

Macedonian: мираз (mk) (míraz) m., чеиз (mk) (čéiz) m., приќе (mk) (príḱe) n. Portuguese: enxoval (pt) m. Spanish: ajuar (es) m. Turkish: çeyiz (tr)

See also

• bottom drawer
• dowry
• glory box, glory-box
• hope chest

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French

Noun

trousseau m. (plural trousseaux)

1. bunch (of keys)
2. trousseau