undergarment

undergarment

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ garment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌʌn.də(ɹ).ˈɡɑɹ.mənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌʌn.dɚ.ˈɡɑɹ.mənt/

Noun

undergarment (plural undergarments)

1. Any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin; an item of underwear.
   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Richard DeLongpre: Are you okay, my boy angel?

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: I have a broken heart. And undergarments filled with my own unruly waste.

2. (religion, in the plural) Temple garments worn by the followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Synonyms

• (temple garments): Jesus jammies

Translations

any garment worn underneath others

Bulgarian: долни дрехи f pl (dolni drehi) Dutch: onderkledingstuk Esperanto: subvesto Finnish: alusvaate (fi) French: sous-vêtement (fr) m German: Unterwäsche (de) f Greek: εσώρουχο (el) n (esóroucho) Hungarian: alsónemű (hu), fehérnemű (hu) Irish: ball fo-éadaigh m, fo-éadaí m pl (undergarments) Japanese: 下着 (ja) (shitagi) Kazakh: ішкі киім (ışkı kiım) Malayalam: അടിവസ്ത്രം (aṭivastraṃ) Manx: fo-gharmad m Polish: bielizna (pl) f Swedish: underplagg n Thai: ชุดชั้นใน (chút-chán-nai) Welsh: crys (cy) m

See also

• undergarment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia