Etymology

décolleté

Today it means: Having a low neckline that reveals the cleavage. Full definition →

French décolleté
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  1. French · borrowed fromdécolleté
  2. English todaydécolleté

Borrowed from French décolleté, from décolleter (“to bare the neck and shoulders”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchdécolleté all →

decollete

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.