soutane

Etymology

Borrowed from French soutane, from Italian sottana, from Latin subtana, from subtus (“below, beneath”), from sub (“under”).

Noun

soutane (plural soutanes)

1. A long gown with sleeves and buttons at the front
   • 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 21

     Then at the door of the castle the rector had shaken hands with his father and mother, his soutane fluttering in the breeze, and the car had driven off with his father and mother on it.

Etymology

Borrowed from French soutane.

Pronunciation

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Noun

soutane f (plural soutanes)

1. (Southern, Roman Catholicism) cassock

Verb

soutane

1. Indicative connegative potential form of soutaa.

Anagrams

• soentua, soutaen, suotaen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.tan/

Noun

soutane f (plural soutanes)

1. cassock
2. soutane

Further reading

• “soutane” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• nouâtes