corsage
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French corsage.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɔːˈsɑːʒ/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
corsage (plural corsages)
- (obsolete) The size or shape of a person's body.
- (now only historical) The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
- A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
Translations
bodice of a woman's dress
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small bouquet of flowers
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See also
- nosegay
- bouquet
- posy
Anagrams
- cargoes, socager
French
Etymology
From Old French cors (“body”) + -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔʁ.saʒ/
Audio (Nancy, France): (file)
Noun
corsage m (plural corsages)
- (obsolete) body, torso
- (historical) bodice, corsage
- blouse, camisole; top
Descendants
- → English: corsage
Further reading
- “corsage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.