tailleur
English
Etymology
French tailleur
Noun
tailleur (plural tailleurs)
- A woman's tailored suit.
French
Etymology
From tailler + -eur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.jœʁ/, /tɑ.jœʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -jœʁ
Noun
tailleur m (plural tailleurs, feminine tailleuse)
- tailor
- (woman's) suit
- Clipping of tailleur de pierre (“stonemason”).
- Synonym: maçon
Derived terms
- en tailleur
Descendants
- → Italian: tailleur
Further reading
- “tailleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French tailleur. Compare Piedmontese tajeur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈjɛr/, (careful style) /taˈjør/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛr
Noun
tailleur m (invariable)
- a woman's tailored suit or trouser suit
References
- tailleur in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- tailleur in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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