Possibly from girdle-string, attested from the 19th century, but uncertain. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
G-string (plural G-strings)
- A scanty covering for the genitalia, with a thin strip of fabric that passes between the buttocks.
- Coordinate term: C-string
- A type of loincloth or breechcloth.
a scanty piece of underwear or lingerie
- Afrikaans: deurtrekker (af)
- Arabic: جِي سترينج, ثُونْغ (ṯūnḡ)
- Catalan: tanga m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: G弦褲／G弦裤 (jī-xiánkù), T字褲／T字裤 (tī-zìkù), 丁字褲／丁字裤 (zh) (dīngzìkù)
- Danish: g-streng c, g-streng c
- Dutch: string (nl) m
- Esperanto: ŝnurkalsoneto
- Finnish: stringit (fi) pl, tanga
- French: string (fr) m, tanga (fr) m
- German: String (de) m, Tanga (de) m, Stringtanga (de) m, G-String (de) m or f, Minislip m
- Hebrew: חוטיני (he) m (ḥutíni)
- Hungarian: tanga (hu)
- Irish: bídeog f
- Italian: tanga (it) m, perizoma (it) m
- Japanese: Ｇストリング (jī-sutoringu), (traditional Japanese for men) 六尺褌 (ろくしゃくふんどし, rokushaku fundoshi)
- Korean: 지스트링 (ji-seuteuring), G스트링 (ji-seuteuring)
- Kyrgyz: (please verify) амербелдемчи (amerbeldemci)
- Latin: perizoma m
- Macedonian: та́нга f (tánga)
- Maltese: tanga f, qalziet tal-ħajta m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: g-streng m
- Nynorsk: g-streng m
- Polish: stringi (pl) nvir
- Portuguese: tanga (pt) f, fio dental (pt) m (Brazil)
- Russian: тру́сики-та́нга m pl (trúsiki-tánga), та́нга (ru) f (tánga), (loincloth) набе́дренная повя́зка (ru) f (nabédrennaja povjázka), джи-стри́нг m (dži-stríng), стри́нги (ru) m pl (stríngi)
- Spanish: (Spain) tanga (es) m, (Latin America) tanga (es) m, colaless m, colalé m, zunga f, hilo dental (es)
- Swedish: string (sv), g-string, stringtrosa, tanga (sv)
- Turkish: tanga (tr)
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G-string (plural G-strings)
- (music) On a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces the note of G.
on a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces G
