péplum

Borrowed from Latin peplum, from Ancient Greek πέπλων (péplōn), neuter of πέπλος (péplos).

• IPA^(key): /pe.plɔm/

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péplum m (plural péplums)

1. peplum (all senses)
   • 1920–1921, Marcel Proust, Le Côté de Guermantes [The Guermantes Way] (À la recherche du temps perdu)‎^[1], part 1:

     De même le geste de ces artistes disait à leurs bras, à leur péplum: «Soyez majestueux.»

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• → English: peplum
• → Spanish: péplum

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

Borrowed from French péplum, from Latin peplum, from Ancient Greek πέπλων (péplōn), neuter of πέπλος (péplos). Doublet of peplum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeplum/ [ˈpe.plũm]
• Rhymes: -eplum
• Syllabification: pé‧plum

péplum m (plural péplums)

1. peplum (film genre)

• “péplum”, 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
• “péplum”, 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