lingerie

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒndʒəɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒndʒəɹeɪ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹeɪ/
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• General-American: /ˌlɑn.ʒəˈɹeɪ/
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• General-American: /ˈlɑn.ʒə.ɹi/
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• Australian: /ˌlɔn.(d)ʒəˈɹæɪ/
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• Australian: /ˈlɔ̃.(d)ʒə.ɹæɪ/
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• Australian: /-ɹi/
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• rhymes with -eɪ
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• CMU ARPABET: L AA1 N ZH ER0 EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from French lingerie (“linen closet”). The irregular pronunciation is a hyperforeignism; it may derive from the frequent shift of /ɛ̃/ (which is this word's first vowel in standard French) toward /ɑ̃/ or [æ̃] in European French, which also tends to be drifted towards /ɔ̃/.

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَلَابِس اَلنِّسَاء اَلتَّحْتِيَّة (malābis an-nisāʔ at-taḥtiyya) — underwear or nightclothes
• Basque: lentzeria — underwear or nightclothes
• Bengali: ল্যানজারি (lênjari) — underwear or nightclothes
• Bulgarian: дамско бельо (damsko beljo) — underwear or nightclothes
• Catalan: llenceria — underwear or nightclothes
• Chinese Mandarin: 女內衣 /女内衣 (nǚ nèiyī) — underwear or nightclothes
• Czech: prádélko — underwear or nightclothes
• Dutch: lingerie — underwear or nightclothes
• Esperanto: ekscitvesto — underwear or nightclothes
• Finnish: alusvaatteet — underwear or nightclothes
• French: lingerie — underwear or nightclothes
• West-Frisian: linzjery — underwear or nightclothes
• Galician: brancura — underwear or nightclothes
• Galician: lenzaría — underwear or nightclothes
• German: Damenunterwäsche — underwear or nightclothes
• German: Dessous — underwear or nightclothes
• German: Lingerie — underwear or nightclothes
• German: Reizwäsche — underwear or nightclothes
• Hebrew: הלבשה תחתונה (halbashá taḥtoná) — underwear or nightclothes
• Hungarian: fehérnemű — underwear or nightclothes
• Irish: éadaí cnis — underwear or nightclothes
• Italian: biancheria — underwear or nightclothes
• Italian: lingerie — underwear or nightclothes
• Italian: lingeria — underwear or nightclothes
• Japanese: ランジェリー (ranjerī) — underwear or nightclothes
• Korean: 란제리 (ranjeri) — underwear or nightclothes
• Latin: multīcia — underwear or nightclothes
• Lithuanian: moteriškas apatinis trikotažas — underwear or nightclothes
• Maltese: ħwejjeġ ta’ taħt fini — underwear or nightclothes
• Manx: fo-eaddagh ben — underwear or nightclothes
• Persian: زیر پوشی زن (zir puši zan) — underwear or nightclothes
• Polish: bielizna (damska) — underwear or nightclothes
• Polish: odzież nocna — underwear or nightclothes
• Portuguese: lingerie — underwear or nightclothes
• Portuguese: camisola — underwear or nightclothes
• Russian: да́мское бельё (dámskoje belʹjó) — underwear or nightclothes
• Russian: же́нское ни́жнее бельё (žénskoje nížneje belʹjó) — underwear or nightclothes
• Spanish: ropa blanca — underwear or nightclothes
• Spanish: ropa interior — underwear or nightclothes
• Spanish: ropa íntima — underwear or nightclothes
• Spanish: lencería — underwear or nightclothes
• Swedish: damunderkläder — underwear or nightclothes
• Swedish: raffset — underwear or nightclothes
• Vietnamese: đồ lót — underwear or nightclothes