blouson

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French blouse

French -on

French blousonbor.

English blouson

Borrowed from French blouson.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbluːzɔ̃ː/, /ˈbluːsɔ̃ː/, /ˈblaʊ̯zən/, /ˈblaʊ̯sən/

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Noun

a blouson or bomber jacket

blouson (plural blousons)

1. A garment drawn tight at the waist with blousing hanging over the waistband; a blouse jacket.
   • 2009 February 9, Alessandra Stanley, “TV ads adjust to the recession”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     The mom, getting ready to leave, kisses the annoying woman goodbye, deliberately smearing the back of her snow-white blouson with orange Cheetos crumbs.

French

Etymology

From blouse +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blu.zɔ̃/

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Noun

blouson m (plural blousons)

1. blouson

Related terms

• blouse

Descendants

• → English: blouson
• → Greek: μπλουζόν n (blouzón)
• → Romanian: bluzon

Further reading

• “blouson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• boulons