corset

corset

English

Etymology

From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse +‎ -et.

An 1893 corset, front and back.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ).sɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪt

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Noun

corset (plural corsets)

1. A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
2. (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
3. (UK, finance, historical) A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.

Synonyms

• stays, see also bodice and underbodice

Derived terms

• hourglass corset
• neck corset

 

Derived terms

• corset effect
• corsetry

Translations

woman's garment

Arabic: كورسيه‎ m Hijazi Arabic: كورساج‎ m (kōrsāj), مَشَد‎ m (mašad) Armenian: սեղմիրան (hy) (sełmiran) Bulgarian: корсе́т m (korsét) Catalan: cotilla (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 緊身褡／紧身褡 (jǐnshēndā) Cornish: korset m Czech: korzet m Danish: korset (da) n, snørliv n Dutch: korset (nl) n Esperanto: korseto Finnish: korsetti (fi) French: corset (fr) m German: Korsett (de) n, Schnürleib m Greek: κορσές (el) m (korsés) Hebrew: מחוך‎ (he) m (makhokh) Hungarian: fűző (hu) Icelandic: lífstykki n Ido: korseto (io) Italian: corsetto (it) m Japanese: コルセット (korusetto) Korean: 코르셋 (koreuset) Maranao: korsit Norwegian: Bokmål: korsett n Nynorsk: korsett n Persian: شکمبند‎ (fa) (šekamband), کرست‎ (fa) (korset) Polish: gorset (pl) m Portuguese: espartilho (pt) m, corset m Russian: корсе́т (ru) m (korsét), гра́ция (ru) f (grácija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: стезник m, корзет n Roman: steznik (sh) m, korzet (sh) n Slovak: korzet m Spanish: corsé (es) m Swedish: korsett (sv) c Tagalog: kurse Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: korse (tr) Vietnamese: coóc-xê

Verb

corset (third-person singular simple present corsets, present participle corseting or corsetting, simple past and past participle corseted or corsetted)

1. (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.

   Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.

2. (figuratively) To restrict or confine.

   "I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!" she exclaimed.

Anagrams

• Coster, Ectors, Tresco, coster, escort, recost, rectos, scoter, scrote, sector

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French

Etymology

From Old French cors (“body”) + -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.sɛ/

Noun

corset m (plural corsets)

1. corset

Descendants

descendants

• → Czech: korzet
• → Danish: korset
• → Dutch: korset
• → Esperanto: korseto
• → Finnish: korsetti
• → German: Korsett
• → Greek: κορσές (korsés)
• → Italian: corsetto
• → Japanese: コルセット (korusetto)
• → Norwegian: korsett
• → Portuguese: corset
• → Russian: корсе́т (korsét)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: корзет

  Latin: korzet

• → Spanish: corsé
• → Swedish: korsett
• → Turkish: korse

Further reading

• “corset”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French corset, from cors (“body”) + -et.

Noun

corset m (plural corsets)

1. (Jersey) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• corset d'oeuvre (“jersey”)
• t-corset (“t-shirt”)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French corset.

Noun

corset n (plural corsete)

1. corset

Declension

Declension of corset

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) corset	corsetul	(niște) corsete	corsetele
genitive/dative	(unui) corset	corsetului	(unor) corsete	corsetelor
vocative	corsetule		corsetelor