bustier
English
A white bustier.
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːstieɪ/, enPR: bo͞osʹtē-ā
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
bustier (plural bustiers)
- A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, with covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
- Synonym: bustiere
- 2009 February 18, Cathy Horyn, “In the Moment, or Not”, in New York Times:
- The clothes were equally frothy: teacup silk skirts, a bubbly wool coat in Bazooka pink, satin bustiers with huge fan pleats across the front, metallic peplum jackets and flamboyantly patterned tights.
- 2010, Jane Porter, The Sheikh's Wife, →ISBN:
- Next came the narrow silk straps of her bustier. She pushed the satin fabric down, toward her waist, exposing her breasts.
Translations
a tight-fitting women's top
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Etymology 2
See busty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʌsti.ə(ɹ)/, enPR: bŭsʹtē-ər
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective
bustier
- comparative form of busty: more busty
Further reading
bustier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Iturbes, biurets, buriest, subtrie
French
Etymology
buste + -ier
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bys.tje/
Audio (file)
Noun
bustier m (plural bustiers)
- bustier (clothing)
Descendants
- → English: bustier
Further reading
- “bustier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- bitures, bruites, bursite
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bustier.
Noun
bustier m (plural bustieri)
- bustier
Declension
Declension of bustier
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) bustier | bustierul | (niște) bustieri | bustierii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) bustier | bustierului | (unor) bustieri | bustierilor |
| vocative | bustierule | bustierilor | ||