different between bandeau vs bustier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bandeau, from Old French bandel, diminutive form of bande. Doublet of bendel.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bænd??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?band??/

or as in French

• Homophone: bandeaux

Noun

bandeau (plural bandeaux or bandeaus)

1. A band for the hair.

   She wore a bandeau in her hair.

   • 2002, Raoul d'Harcourt, Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniques

     Fragment of a wool cap, of which only the bandeau is well preserved. It is made in square knotting in alternate directions (see Fig. 79).

2. (medicine) A band.
   • 1998, AANS Publications Committee: Setti S. Rengachary, MD, and Edward C. Benzel, MD, Calvarial and Dural Reconstruction: Neurosurgical Topics

     The frontal bandeau is then elevated en bloc. A Bi on BC1 (Midas Rex) bit is used to create the osteotomies circumferentially.

   • 1999, Bill C. Terry, Maxime Champy, Franz Härle, et al, Atlas of Craniomaxillofacial Osteosynthesis: miniplates, microplates, and screws

     The supraorbital bandeau is fixed to the nasal structure by a titanium [...]

     This bandeau is fixed by microplates. The median bone strip is fixed to the [...]

3. A narrow, tight bra, especially when strapless; hence, any women's top made from a similar band of fabric.
   • 2016, Jess Cartner-Morley, The Guardian, 13 December:

     At Paris fashion week, a few weeks later, Kim’s sister Kendall wore a minimalist black bandeau top that echoed Kim’s look.

Translations

French

Etymology

Old French bandel, from bande + -el.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.do/

Noun

bandeau m (plural bandeaux)

1. headband, bandeau
2. bandage
3. blindfold
4. (Toulouse, now historical) A tight headband worn for a long time, usually from youth, for the ancient folk custom of cranial deformation.

Descendants

• ? English: bandeau

Further reading

• “bandeau” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• endauba

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bu?stie?/, enPR: bo?os?t?-?

Noun

bustier (plural bustiers)

1. A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, with covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.

   Synonym: bustiere

Translations

Etymology 2

See busty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?sti.?(?)/, enPR: b?s?t?-?r

Adjective

bustier

1. comparative form of busty: more busty

Further reading

• bustier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• biurets, buriest, subtrie

French

Etymology

buste +? -ier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bys.tje/

Noun

bustier m (plural bustiers)

1. bustier (clothing)

Descendants

• ? English: bustier

Further reading

• “bustier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bitures, bruites, bursite