corset

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French corset.

An 1893 corset, front and back.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪt

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

corset (plural corsets)

1. A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
2. (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.

Synonyms

• stays, see also bodice and underbodice

Translations

woman's garment

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: كورساج m (kōrsāj)

• Armenian: սեղմիրան (hy) (seġmiran)
• Bulgarian: корсе́т m (korsét)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緊身褡／紧身褡, 紧身褡 (jǐnshēndā)

• Czech: korzet m
• Danish: korset (da) n, snørliv n
• Dutch: korset (nl) n
• Esperanto: korseto
• Finnish: korsetti (fi)
• French: corset (fr) m
• German: Korsett (de) n, Schnürleib m
• Greek: κορσές (el) m (korsés)
• Hebrew: מחוך (he) m (makhokh)
• Hungarian: fűző (hu)
• Icelandic: lífstykki n
• Ido: korseto (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: corsetto (it) m
• Japanese: コルセット (korusetto)
• Korean: 코르셋 (koreuses)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korsett n

  Nynorsk: korsett n

• Persian: شکمبند (fa) (šekamband), کرست (fa) (korset)
• Polish: gorset (pl) m
• Portuguese: espartilho (pt) m, corset m
• Russian: корсе́т (ru) m (korsét), гра́ция (ru) f (grácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стезник m, корзет n

  Roman: steznik (sh) m, korzet (sh) n

• Spanish: corsé (es) m
• Swedish: korsett (sv)
• Tagalog: kurse
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: korse (tr)

Derived terms

• corset effect
• corsetry

Verb

corset (third-person singular simple present corsets, present participle corseting or corsetting, simple past and past participle corseted or corsetted)

1. (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.

   Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.

2. (figuratively) To restrict or confine.

   "I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!" she exclaimed.

Anagrams

• Coster, Ectors, Tresco, coster, escort, recost, rectos, scoter, scrote, sector

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French cors (“body”) + -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.sɛ/

Noun

corset m (plural corsets)

1. corset

Descendants

descendants

• → Czech: korzet
• → Danish: korset
• → Dutch: korset
• → Esperanto: korseto
• → Finnish: korsetti
• → German: Korsett
• → Greek: κορσές (korsés)
• → Italian: corsetto

• → Japanese: コルセット (korusetto)
• → Norwegian: korsett
• → Portuguese: corset
• → Russian: корсе́т (korsét)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: корзет

  Latin script: korzet

• → Spanish: corsé
• → Swedish: korsett
• → Turkish: korse

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French corset, from cors (“body”) + -et.

Noun

corset m (plural corsets)

1. (Jersey) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• corset d'oeuvre (“jersey”)
• t-corset (“t-shirt”)