lingerie

Borrowed from French lingerie (“linen closet”). The irregular pronunciation may derive from the frequent shift of /ɛ̃/ (which is this word's first vowel in standard French) toward /ɑ̃/ or in European French, which also tends to be drifted towards /ɔ̃/.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒndʒəɹi/, /ˈlɒndʒəɹeɪ/, /ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹi/, /ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌlɑn.ʒəˈɹeɪ/, /ˈlɑn.ʒə.ɹi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌlɔn.(d)ʒəˈɹæɪ/, /ˈlɔ̃.(d)ʒə.ɹæɪ/, /-ɹi/
• Rhymes: -eɪ, -iː

lingerie (usually uncountable, plural lingeries)

1. Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.
2. (dated) Linen goods collectively.
   • 1906, Dry Goods Guide, volumes 17-18, page 70:

     Empire matinees in lingerie stuffs with trimmings of lace and embroidery are shown in great variety.

• negligee
• nightie, nighty

• lingerie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from French lingerie.

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɪn.ʒəˈri/, /ˌlɛn.ʒəˈri/

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• Hyphenation: lin‧ge‧rie
• Rhymes: -i

lingerie f (plural lingeries or lingerieën, diminutive lingerietje n)

1. lingerie (women's underwear)
2. (dated) lingerie (linens)

• lingerieboetiek
• lingeriedraagster
• lingerieset
• lingeriewinkel
• lingeriezaak

From linge +‎ -erie.

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̃ʒ.ʁi/

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lingerie f (plural lingeries)

1. linen room
2. lingerie (clothing)

• → English: lingerie
• → German: Lingerie
• → Italian: lingerie
• → Portuguese: lingerie
• → Romanian: lenjerie

• “lingerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Borrowed from French lingerie.

lingerie f (invariable)

1. lingerie

• lingerie in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Unadapted borrowing from French lingerie.^[1][2]

lingerie f (plural lingeries)

1. women's underwear

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lingerie.

lingerie f (plural lingerii)

1. Alternative form of lenjerie