noun
Meaning 1
The size or shape of a person's body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
corsage
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /kɔːˈsɑːʒ/
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US: /kɔɹˈsɑʒ/
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CMU ARPABET: K AO0 R S AA1 ZH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bouquet, posy, nosegay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flower arrangement, floral arrangement
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krep-der. Proto-Italic *korpos Latin corpus Old French cors Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French corsagebor. English corsage Borrowed from French corsage.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: корсаж (korsaž) — bodice of a woman's dress
- French: corsage — bodice of a woman's dress
- Indonesian: korsase — bodice of a woman's dress
- Japanese: コサージュ (kosāju) — bodice of a woman's dress
- Japanese: コルサージュ (korusāju) — bodice of a woman's dress
- Portuguese: corpete — bodice of a woman's dress
- Spanish: corpiño — bodice of a woman's dress
- French: petit bouquet — small bouquet of flowers
- Indonesian: korsase — small bouquet of flowers
- Japanese: コサージュ (kosāju) — small bouquet of flowers
- Japanese: コルサージュ (korusāju) — small bouquet of flowers