décolleté
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French décolleté, from décolleter (“to bare the neck and shoulders”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈkɒləteɪ/
Adjective
décolleté (comparative more décolleté, superlative most décolleté)
- Having a low neckline that reveals the cleavage.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
- "She does not remember my short frocks at all, Lord Henry. But I remember her very well at Vienna thirty years ago, and how décolletée she was then."
Related terms
Translations
having a low neckline that reveals the cleavage
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Noun
décolleté (plural décolletés)
- A low-cut neckline that reveals the cleavage.
French
Etymology
Past participle of décolleter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.kɔl.te/
Adjective
décolleté (feminine décolletée, masculine plural décolletés, feminine plural décolletées)
- low-cut (dress, etc.)
- decapitated
Noun
décolleté m (plural décolletés)
Descendants
Further reading
- “décolleté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French décolleté (“cleavage, low neckline”).
Adjective
décolleté (comparative lebih décolleté, superlative paling décolleté)
Further reading
- “décolleté” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French décolleté.
Adjective
décolleté (invariable)
- having a low neckline
Noun
décolleté m (invariable)
- a low neckline
- cleavage