noun
Meaning 1
Women's hats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
millinery
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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US: /ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/
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General-American: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.nɚ.i/
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noun
Meaning 2
A shop selling women's hats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The business and work that a milliner engages in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: woman's hat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hat, chapeau, lid
Narrower terms: church hat, cloche, picture hat, pillbox, toque, turban
noun
Meaning 5
shop selling women's hats
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hat shop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shop, store
History
Etymology
From milliner + -y (nominalizer).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дамски шапки (damski šapki) — Women's hats
- Irish: hataí ban — Women's hats
- German: Hutgeschäft — A shop with women's hats
- German: Modewaren — A shop with women's hats
- German: Modewarengeschäft — A shop with women's hats
- German: Boutique — A shop with women's hats
- Irish: siopa hataí — A shop with women's hats
- Spanish: boneteria — A shop with women's hats
- Bulgarian: шапкарство (šapkarstvo) — The business and work that a milliner engages in
- German: Hutmacherei — The business and work that a milliner engages in
- Irish: haitéireacht — The business and work that a milliner engages in