négligée

See also: negligee, Negligee, and negligée

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French négligée f (past participle, adjective), from French négligé m (“underdressed; loose garment”, past participle, adjective, noun), past participle of négliger (“to neglect”), from Latin negligere.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛɡlɪʒeɪ/

Noun

négligée (plural négligées)

(obsolete) A light women's gown.
A woman's loose-fitting nightgown, especially when short, lacy and/or revealing; a nightie.
- 2000, The Guardian, 4 July 2000:
  Enkhbayar has promised more jobs, free education and higher public service wages to the poverty-ravaged country. But who needs those when you've got dancing girls in black negligees?

Translations

nightgown

Chinese:
Mandarin: 女便服 (nǚbiànfú), 晨衣 (chényī)
Czech: negližé (cs) n
Estonian: negližee
Finnish: neglige
French: nuisette (fr) f, négligé (fr) m
German: Negligee (de) n, Negligé (de) n
Greek: νεγκλιζέ (el) n (negklizé)

Hungarian: neglizsé (hu)
Japanese: ネグリジェ (negurije)
Polish: negliż m
Portuguese: camisola (pt) f
Russian: неглиже́ (ru) n (negližé)
Spanish: camisón de encaje m
Swedish: negligé (sv) c

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ne.ɡli.ʒe/

Adjective

négligée

feminine singular of négligé

Verb

négligée f

feminine singular of the past participle of négliger

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