soutien-gorge

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.tjɛ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/
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Noun

soutien-gorge m (plural soutiens-gorge or soutien-gorges or soutien-gorge)

  1. bra
    Synonym: (informal) soutif
    • 1994, Michel Houellebecq, Extension du domaine de la lutte:
      On était une bonne trentaine, rien que des cadres moyens âgés de vint-cinq à quarante ans. À un moment donné il y a une connasse qui a commencé à se déshabiller. Ella a ôté son T-shirt, puis son soutien-gorge, puis sa jupe, tout ça en faisant des mines incroyables.
      We were in our thirties, nothing but middle managers aged between twenty-five and forty. At one point there's a bitch who started to get undressed. She took off her t-shirt, then her bra, then her skirt, all while making incredible faces.

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Descendants

see soutien#Descendants

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