prêt-à-porter
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]1957, reborrowed from French prêt-à-porter (1951), itself a calque of English ready-to-wear.[1]
Adjective
[edit]prêt-à-porter (not comparable)
Usage notes
[edit]Synonymous with ready-to-wear, of which it is a reborrowing, but more upscale, due to prestige of French.[1]
References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]1951, calque of English ready-to-wear.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]prêt-à-porter m (plural prêts-à-porter)
- ready-to-wear clothing, off-the-rack clothing, off-the-peg clothing
- 1951, Le Figaro, 28 Dec 1951, p.3, col. 6:[1]
- Entre le prêt à porter et le sur-mesures classique un des plus grands tailleurs de Paris a lancé une formule inédite pour hommes.
- In between ready-to-wear clothing and traditional bespoke attire, one of the biggest tailors in Paris has launched a new option for men.
- 1951, Le Figaro, 28 Dec 1951, p.3, col. 6:[1]
Descendants
[edit]- → English: prêt-à-porter
- → Japanese: プレタポルテ (puretaporute)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “prêt-à-porter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- ^ The Oxford Guide to Etymology, by Philip Durkin, 5. Lexical borrowing, 5.1 Basic concepts and terminology, pp. 213
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