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English
Noun
négligé (plural négligés)
- Alternative form of négligée
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
négligé m (plural négligés)
- négligée (woman's nightgown)
- Synonym: déshabillé
Descendants
Adjective
négligé (feminine négligée, masculine plural négligés, feminine plural négligées)
- neglected
- slovenly
Participle
négligé (feminine négligée, masculine plural négligés, feminine plural négligées)
- past participle of négliger
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French négligé.
Pronunciation
Adjective
négligé (invariable)
- neglected
- Synonyms: negletto, trascurato
Noun
négligé m (invariable)
- neglect, carelessness
- négligée (nightgown)
Further reading
- négligé in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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