sobrecorsé

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of French sur-corset. By surface analysis, sobre- +‎ corsé

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsobɾekoɾˈse/ [ˌso.β̞ɾe.koɾˈse]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: so‧bre‧cor‧sé

Noun

sobrecorsé m (plural sobrecorsés)

  1. synonym of cubrecorsé (a garment worn over the corset) [from late 19th c.]

Further reading

  • sobrecorsé”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 6th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 February 2019, →ISSN