swimsuit

English

Woman wearing a swimsuit

Girls wearing swimsuits

Etymology

swim +‎ suit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /swɪm.s(j)ut/
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Noun

swimsuit (plural swimsuits)

A garment worn for swimming.
Put on your swimsuit and let's go for a swim.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:swimsuit
A tight-fitting one-piece garment worn by women and girls.
Jade refused to go swimming with her brother until he helped her find her favorite swimsuit.

Synonyms

bathers (Australia)
bathing suit
budgie smugglers (Australia, slang)
cossie (Australia)
dookie (Scotland)
swimmers (Australia)
swimming costume
swimming trunks/swim trunks (the male bottom that resembles shorts)
togs (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand)

Translations

garment worn for swimming

Armenian: լողազգեստ (hy) (lołazgest)
Catalan: banyador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 泳裝／泳装 (zh) (yǒngzhuāng), 游泳衣 (zh) (yóuyǒngyī), 泳衣 (zh) (yǒngyī)
Finnish: uimapuku (fi), uima-asu (fi)
French: maillot de bain (fr) m
German: Badebekleidung (de) f
Hungarian: fürdőruha (hu)
Indonesian: baju renang (id)
Italian: costume da bagno m
Japanese: 水着 (ja) (みずぎ, mizugi)
Kazakh: шомылу киімі (şomylu kiımı), су киімі (su kiımı)
Korean: 수영복(水泳服) (ko) (suyeongbok)
Latin: vestis balnearis f, subligaculum balneare n
Maranao: basa'an
Norwegian:
Bokmål: badetøy n, badedrakt m or f (dated)
Nynorsk: badetøy n, badedrakt f (dated)
Polish: strój kąpielowy (pl) m, kostium kąpielowy (pl) m, kąpielówki (pl) pl (men's)
Portuguese: traje de banho m, fato de banho (pt) m
Russian: купа́льный костю́м m (kupálʹnyj kostjúm), (women’s) купа́льник (ru) m (kupálʹnik), (men’s) пла́вки (ru) f pl (plávki)
Scottish Gaelic: briogais-shnàimh
Spanish: bañador (es) m, traje de baño (es) m
Swedish: badkläder (sv) c pl, badplagg n
Ukrainian: купа́льний костю́м m (kupálʹnyj kostjúm), купа́льник m (kupálʹnyk)
Vietnamese: đồ bơi (涂𬈺), trang phục bơi (裝服𬈺)

tight-fitting one-piece garment

Finnish: kokouimapuku (fi), uimapuku (fi)
Hungarian: úszódressz (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: badedrakt m or f
Nynorsk: badedrakt f
Swedish: baddräkt (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Afrikaans: swemklere, swempak
Arabic: لِبَاس سِبَاحَة‎ m (libās sibāḥa)
Egyptian Arabic: مايو‎ m (maayuu)
Bulgarian: бански костюм m (banski kostjum)
Catalan: vestit de bany m, banyador (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 游泳衣 (jau⁴ wing⁶ ji¹)
Czech: plavky (cs) f pl
Danish: badedragt c
Dutch: badpak (nl) n
Esperanto: bankostumo
Estonian: trikoo
French: maillot (fr) m, maillot de bain (fr) m, costume de bain (fr) m
German: Badeanzug (de) m, Schwimmanzug (de) m
Greek: μαγιό (el) n (magió)
Hebrew: בגד ים‎ (he) m (beged yam)
Icelandic: sundföt (is) n pl, sundbolur (is) m
Indonesian: pakaian renang (id)
Irish: culaith shnámha f
Italian: costume da bagno m, costume (it) m
Japanese: 海水着 (かいすいぎ, kaisuigi), 水泳着 (すいえいぎ, suieigi)
Latvian: peldkostīms m
Lithuanian: maudymosi kostiumas m
Maltese: malja f
Maori: kahu kakau, kahu kaukau
Persian: لباس شنا‎ (lebâs-e šenâ), مایو‎ (fa) (mâyo)
Portuguese: traje de banho m, roupa de banho f, fato de banho (pt)
Romanian: costum de baie n
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: купаћи костим m
Roman: kupaći kostim m
Slovak: plavky f pl
Slovene: kopalke (sl) f pl
Spanish: traje de baño (es) m (especially Latin America), bañador (es) m (Spain), calzón de baño m (Mexico), calzonera f (Southeastern Mexico), calzoneta f (Guatemala), calzoneta de baño f (El Salvador, Nicaragua), malla de baño f (Argentina, Uruguay), ropa de baño f (Peru), terno de baño m (Ecuador), trusa f (Cuba), vestido de baño m (Colombia, Panama)
Tagalog: damit-pampaligo, banyakot
Thai: ชุดว่ายน้ำ (th) (chút wâai náam)
Turkish: mayo (tr)
Vietnamese: quần áo bơi, đồ tắm
Welsh: siwt nofio (cy) m