different between bustier vs bodice

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

English

Etymology

From bodies, plural of body (“upper part of a dress”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?d?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?d?s/
• Hyphenation: bod?ice

Noun

bodice (plural bodices)

1. (fashion) A sleeveless shirt for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.
2. (fashion) Blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or European folk costume.
3. (fashion) The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt.
4. (fashion) Underbodice: an undershirt for women, (archaic) particularly a corset or other undershirt stiffened with whalebone.

Hyponyms

• (sleeveless shirt for women): jelick (Ottoman Turkish version); dudou (Chinese version); yem (Chinese version in Vietnamese contexts); angiya (Indian Muslim version); jumps (obsolete European version)
• (sleeved shirt for women): See blouse
• (undershirt for women): See underbodice

Meronyms

• (sleeveless shirt for women): plastron (decorated front area)
• (upper part of a dress): robing (decorative trim)

Derived terms

• bodice ripper
• liberty bodice
• Watteau bodice

Translations

Anagrams

• ceboid