Etymology

lingerie

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Today it means: Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive. Full definition →

French lingerie
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  1. French · borrowed fromlingerie“linen closet”
  2. English todaylingerie

Borrowed from French lingerie (“linen closet”). The irregular pronunciation is a hyperforeignism; it may derive from the frequent shift of /ɛ̃/ (which is this word's first vowel in standard French) toward /ɑ̃/ or [æ̃] in European French, which also tends to be drifted towards /ɔ̃/.

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