different between bandini vs bandeau

English

Etymology

Blend of bandeau +? bikini.

Noun

bandini (plural bandinis)

1. A swimsuit consisting of a generally strapless bandeau top and a bikini bottom.
   • 1999, Polly Rayner, "The two-for-one suit", Morning Call, 18 February 1999:

     The new concept in two-piece swimwear, along with sister suits -- the camisole-strapped camikini and the bandeau-topped bandini, will be the dominant silhouettes for spring/summer '99.

   • 2001, "Suit Yourself", Macon Telegraphy, 27 May 2001:

     Elisabeth Filarski's name may be a distant memory, but her legacy is extending far beyond the Australian Outback. Among the popular swimsuit styles you'll find across Middle Georgia this summer is the one the footwear designer of "Survivor" fame wore on that TV show: the bandeau bikini, or bandini, which features a tubelike top.

   • 2006, "Well-suited", Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 7 May 2006:

     Paula Hermanny for VIX continues the wave of beads and sequins on this "bandini," $140, with bandeau/tank top and "scoop" bottom in grape, […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bandini.

Synonyms

• bandikini, bandkini

Anagrams

• in a bind

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