maillot
English
WOTD – 8 March 2012
Etymology
Borrowed from French maillot (“shirt, leotard”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /mæˈjoʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: (US) -oʊ
Noun
maillot (plural maillots)
- A one-piece swimsuit (for women)
- A leotard or tights of stretchable jersey fabric, generally worn by dancers, gymnasts or cyclists.
Synonyms
Translations
one-piece swimsuit
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French maillot (“shirt, leotard”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mail‧lot
- Rhymes: -oː
Noun
maillot n or m (plural maillots, diminutive maillotje n)
French
Etymology
From Old French mailloel, from maille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.jo/
Audio: (file)
Noun
maillot m (plural maillots)
- (clothing) vest
- leotard (of a dancer); shirt, jersey (of a footballer); singlet (of a runner; of a basketball player)
- (cosmetics) bikini line
- Se faire épiler le maillot. ― To wax one's bikini line.
- (historical, obsolete) swaddling clothes
- Un enfant au maillot. ― A child in swaddling clothes.
Derived terms
- démailloter
- emmailloter
- emmaillotter
- maillot blanc
- maillot de bain
- maillot de corps
- maillot jaune
- maillot une pièce
- maillot vert
- porte-maillot
- réemmailloter
- sous-maillot
- succès de maillot
Descendants
Further reading
- “maillot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maiˈʝot/ [mai̯ˈʝot̪] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /maiˈʎot/ [mai̯ˈʎot̪] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /maiˈʃot/ [mai̯ˈʃot̪] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /maiˈʒot/ [mai̯ˈʒot̪] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ot
- Syllabification: mai‧llot
- IPA(key): (nonstandard) /maˈʝo/ [maˈʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): (nonstandard) /maˈʎo/ [maˈʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): (nonstandard) /maˈʃo/ [maˈʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): (nonstandard) /maˈʒo/ [maˈʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
Noun
maillot m (plural maillots)
Derived terms
- maillot amarillo
Further reading
- “maillot”, 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
- Diccionario panhispánico de dudas (DPD) (en línea), 2.ª edición (versión provisional).