lingerie
pronunciation
How to pronounce lingerie in British English:
UK [ˈlænʒəri]
How to pronounce lingerie in American English:
US [ˌlɑndʒəˈreɪ]
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- Noun:
- women's underwear and nightclothes
Word Origin
- lingerie
- lingerie: see linen
- lingerie (n.)
- 1835 (but not in widespread use until 1852), from French lingerie "things made of linen," also "laundry room, linen shop" (15c.), from Old French linge "linen" (12c.), from Latin lineus (adj.) "of linen," from linum "flax, linen" (see linen). Originally introduced in English as a euphemism for scandalous under-linen.
Example
- 1. But that turned out to be another lingerie lie .
- 2. Instead of a health care worker 's uniform , the robot wears lingerie .
- 3. I bought my husband some sexy lingerie .
- 4. The hard-core girls just wear lingerie .
- 5. Frankly I don 't know if women refrained from buying lingerie .