bustier
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːstiɚ/, enPR: bo͞osʹtē-ā
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
bustier (plural bustiers)
- A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
- Synonym: bustiere
- 2009 February 18, Cathy Horyn, “In the Moment, or Not”, in New York Times[1]:
- The clothes were equally frothy: teacup silk skirts, a bubbly wool coat in Bazooka pink, satin bustiers with huge fan pleats across the front, metallic peplum jackets and flamboyantly patterned tights.
- 2010, Jane Porter, The Sheikh's Wife, →ISBN:
- Next came the narrow silk straps of her bustier. She pushed the satin fabric down, toward her waist, exposing her breasts.
Translations
a tight-fitting women's top
Etymology 2
See busty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʌsti.ə(ɹ)/, enPR: bŭsʹtē-ər
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
bustier
Further reading
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bys.tje/
Audio: (file)
Noun
bustier m (plural bustiers)
- bustier (clothing)
Descendants
- → English: bustier
Further reading
- “bustier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
bustier m (plural bustieri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | bustier | bustierul | bustieri | bustierii | |
| genitive-dative | bustier | bustierului | bustieri | bustierilor | |
| vocative | bustierule | bustierilor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /busˈtjeɾ/ [busˈt̪jeɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: bus‧tier
Noun
bustier m (plural bustiers)
Further reading
- “bustier”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024