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blouse
English
Etymology 1
1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more.
More at blee, fold.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bla?s/, /bla?z/
- Rhymes: -a?s, -a?z
Noun
blouse (plural blouses)
- (fashion, obsolete) A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
- (fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.
- (military fashion) A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
- (India) A short garment worn under a sari.
Synonyms
- bodice (also used for undershirts)
Hyponyms
- Watteau bodice
Derived terms
- overblouse
- underblouse
Descendants
- ? Gujarati: ?????? (bl?ujha)
- ? Japanese: ???? (burausu), ???? (bur?zu)
- ? Korean: ???? (beullauseu)
Translations
Verb
blouse (third-person singular simple present blouses, present participle blousing, simple past and past participle bloused)
- To hang a garment in loose folds.
- (military) To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).
- 1989, Bernard C. Nalty, Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military, page 311
- An anonymous black soldier summed up his feelings by declaring, "If I fail to blouse my boots, or [if I] wear an Afro, I get socked. […] "
- 1989, Bernard C. Nalty, Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military, page 311
Antonyms
- (military): unblouse
Derived terms
- deblouse
- unblouse
Etymology 2
Noun
blouse (plural blouses)
- Alternative form of blouze
- Alternative form of blowess
- Alternative form of blowze
Derived terms
- blousy
Anagrams
- Belous, Lobues, besoul, boules, obelus
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blus/
- Hyphenation: blou?se
- Rhymes: -us
Noun
blouse f (plural blouses, diminutive blouseje n)
- Alternative spelling of bloes
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bluz/
Etymology 1
1788, of obscure origin. Three hypotheses are:
- French blousse (“scraps of wool”), from Occitan lano blouso (“pure or short wool”), from blous, blos (“pure, empty, bare”), from Old High German bl?z (“naked, bare”) (German bloß (“bare”))
- A conflation of the aforementioned and French bliaud, bliaut (a kind of smock or robe, whence English bliaus, bliaut), from Old French bliau, also from Frankish *bl?fald (“topcoat of scarlet colour”), from *bl?u (“coloured, bright”) + *fald (“crease, fold”). More at blee, fold, and bliaut.
- From Medieval Latin pelusia, from Pelusium, a city of Upper Egypt, a clothing manufacturer during the Middle Ages.
Noun
blouse f (plural blouses)
- uniform or coat with buttons down the front
- blouse d'hôpital — hospital gown
Related terms
- blousard
- blouson
Descendants
Etymology 2
belouse is earlier. The word appears already in the early 17th century and its origin is unknown.
Alternative forms
- belouse, belouzes
Noun
blouse f (plural blouses)
- (archaic) any one of the holes on a billiards table
Descendants
- ? German: Blouse, Bluse
- ? Russian: ????? (lúza)
Etymology 3
Verb
blouse
- first-person singular present indicative of blouser
- third-person singular present indicative of blouser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of blouser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of blouser
- second-person singular imperative of blouser
Further reading
- “blouse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- boules
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
blouse f (plural blouses)
- (Jersey) smock
Synonyms
- c'mînsole dé molleton
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camisole
English
Etymology
From French camisole, from Old Occitan camisola, diminutive of camisa (“shirt”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kam?s??l/
Noun
camisole (plural camisoles)
- A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.
- Synonyms: underbodice, negligee
- (dated) A straitjacket.
- (historical) A light jacket with sleeves.
Translations
Further reading
- camisole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- semicola
French
Etymology
From Old Occitan camisola. Compare Portuguese camisola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.mi.z?l/
Noun
camisole f (plural camisoles)
- (dated) camisole (short, sleeveless undergarment)
- Ellipsis of camisole de force; straitjacket
Derived terms
- camisole de force
Descendants
- ? English: camisole
Further reading
- “camisole” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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