corsage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French corsage.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kɔːˈsɑːʒ/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /kɔɹˈsɑʒ/

Noun

corsage (plural corsages)

(obsolete) The size or shape of a person's body.
(now only historical) The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.

Translations

bodice of a woman's dress

Bulgarian: корсаж m (korsaž)
French: corsage (fr) m
Indonesian: korsase (id)
Japanese: コサージュ (kosāju), コルサージュ (korusāju)
Portuguese: corpete m

small bouquet of flowers

French: petit bouquet m
Indonesian: korsase (id)
Japanese: コサージュ (kosāju), コルサージュ (korusāju)

See also

Anagrams

cargoes, socager

French

Etymology

From Old French cors (“body”) +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.saʒ/
Audio (Nancy, France): (file)

Noun

corsage m (plural corsages)

(obsolete) body, torso
(historical) bodice, corsage
blouse, camisole; top

Descendants

→ English: corsage

Further reading

“corsage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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