swimsuit

English

Woman wearing a swimsuit

Girls wearing swimsuits

Man wearing swimming briefs - a form of swimsuit for men.

Etymology

From swim +‎ suit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɪm.s(j)ut/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

swimsuit (plural swimsuits)

2. A garment worn for swimming.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:swimsuit

   Put on your swimsuit and let's go for a swim.

3. A tight-fitting one-piece garment worn by women and girls.

   Jade refused to go swimming with her brother until he helped her find her favorite swimsuit.

Synonyms

• bathers (Australia)
• bathing suit
• budgie smugglers (Australia, slang)
• cossie (Australia)
• dookie (Scotland)
• swimmers (Australia)
• swimming briefs/swim briefs
• swimming costume
• swimming trunks/swim trunks (the male equivalent that resembles shorts)
• togs (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand)

Translations

garment worn for swimming

• Armenian: լողազգեստ (hy) (loġazgest)
• Basque: bainujantzi
• Catalan: banyador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泳裝 / 泳装 (zh) (yǒngzhuāng), 游泳衣 (zh) (yóuyǒngyī), 泳衣 (zh) (yǒngyī)

• Dutch: badpak (nl)
• Finnish: uimapuku (fi), uima-asu (fi)
• French: maillot de bain (fr) m
• Galician: traxe de baño (gl) m
• German: Badebekleidung (de) f
• Hebrew: בֶּגֶד יָם (he) m (béged yám)
• Hungarian: fürdőruha (hu)
• Indonesian: baju renang (id)
• Italian: costume da bagno (it) m
• Japanese: 水着 (ja) (みずぎ, mizugi)
• Kazakh: шомылу киімі (şomylu kiımı), су киімі (su kiımı)
• Korean: 수영복(水泳服) (ko) (suyeongbok)
• Latin: vestis balnearis f, subligaculum balneare n
• Maranao: basa'an
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: badetøy n, badedrakt m or f (dated)

  Nynorsk: badetøy n, badedrakt f (dated)

• Occitan: malhòt de banh m
• Polish: strój kąpielowy (pl) m, kostium kąpielowy (pl) m, kąpielówki (pl) pl (men's)
• Portuguese: traje de banho m (Brazil), fato de banho (pt) m (Portugal)
• Romanian: costum de baie n
• Russian: купа́льный костю́м m (kupálʹnyj kostjúm), (women’s) купа́льник (ru) m (kupálʹnik), (men’s) пла́вки (ru) f pl (plávki)
• Scottish Gaelic: briogais-shnàimh
• Spanish: bañador (es) m, traje de baño (es) m, ropa de baño f (Peru), calzoneta f (Guatemala), calzón de baño m (Mexico), calzonera f (Southeastern Mexico), calzoneta de baño f (El Salvador, Nicaragua), malla de baño f (Argentina, Uruguay), terno de baño m (Ecuador), vestido de baño (es) m (Colombia, Panama), trusa (es) f, pantaloneta de baño f, ropa de bañar f
• Swedish: badkläder (sv) c pl, badplagg n
• Thai: ชุดว่ายน้ำ (th) (chút-wâai-náam)
• Ukrainian: купа́льний костю́м m (kupálʹnyj kostjúm), купа́льник m (kupálʹnyk)
• Vietnamese: đồ bơi (涂𬈺), trang phục bơi (裝服𬈺)

tight-fitting one-piece garment

• Finnish: kokouimapuku (fi), uimapuku (fi)
• Hungarian: úszódressz (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: badedrakt m or f

  Nynorsk: badedrakt f

• Swedish: baddräkt (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} swemklere, ^{(please verify)} swempak
• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} لِبَاس سِبَاحَة m (libās sibāḥa)

  Egyptian Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مايو m (maayuu)

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} бански костюм m (banski kostjum)
• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} vestit de bany m, ^{(please verify)} banyador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 游泳衣 (jau⁴ wing⁶ ji¹)

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} plavky (cs) f pl
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} badedragt c
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} badpak (nl) n
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} bankostumo
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} trikoo
• French: ^{(please verify)} maillot (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} maillot de bain (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} costume de bain (fr) m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Badeanzug (de) m, ^{(please verify)} Schwimmanzug (de) m
• Greek: ^{(please verify)} μαγιό (el) n (magió)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} בגד ים (he) m (beged yam)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} sundföt (is) n pl, ^{(please verify)} sundbolur (is) m
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} pakaian renang (id)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} culaith shnámha f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} costume da bagno (it) m, ^{(please verify)} costume (it) m
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 海水着 (ja) (かいすいぎ, kaisuigi), ^{(please verify)} 水泳着 (すいえいぎ, suieigi)
• Latvian: ^{(please verify)} peldkostīms m
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} maudymosi kostiumas m
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} malja f
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} kahu kakau, ^{(please verify)} kahu kaukau
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} لباس شنا (lebâs-e šenâ), ^{(please verify)} مایو (fa) (mâyo)
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} traje de banho m, ^{(please verify)} roupa de banho f, ^{(please verify)} fato de banho (pt)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} costum de baie n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} купаћи костим m

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} kupaći kostim m

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} plavky f pl
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} kopalke (sl) f pl
• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} damit-pampaligo, ^{(please verify)} banyakot
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} ชุดว่ายน้ำ (th) (chút wâai náam)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} mayo (tr)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} quần áo bơi, ^{(please verify)} đồ tắm
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} siwt nofio (cy) m

See also

• bikini
• boardies
• board shorts
• monokini
• neck-to-knee
• skinny dipping
• swimming shorts
• swimming trunks
• swimwear