three-piece suit

English

Alternative forms

3-piece suit

Noun

three-piece suit (plural three-piece suits)

A suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat.
- 2014, Joseph E. Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure:
  Then, immaculately dressed in three-piece suit, starched collar, and wingtips, Wilbur was obliged to drive a spike of Nevada silver into a railroad tie, a tricky and potentially embarrassing ceremonoial duty, especially with a phalanx of eager photographers poised to record every misswing.

Translations

suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat

Catalan: tern m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 三件套西裝／三件套西装 (sānjiàntào xīzhuāng)
Dutch: driedelig pak n
Finnish: liivipuku
French: costume trois pièces (fr) m
Hungarian: háromrészes öltöny
Italian: completo (it) m
Russian: костюм-тройка (ru) m (kostjum-trojka)
Spanish: terno m

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