Meanings
g-string1
G-string2
plural G-strings · alternative G string
- An especially thin thong worn as underwear or swimwear, with a thin strip of fabric that passes between the buttocks.
Her hands snaked down to her sides and suddenly she had torn away the strip of lace. She threw it into the audience. There was nothing now but a single black G-string.
1954, Ian Fleming, “Table Z”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 59 - A type of loincloth or breechcloth.
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G-string3
plural G-strings · alternative G string
- entertainmentA string on a musical instrument tuned to the note G.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounminimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Possibly from girdle-string, attested from the 19th century, but uncertain.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans deurtrekker
- deurtrekkerespecially thin thong
Arabic جِي سْتْرِينْج, ثُونْغ
- جِي سْتْرِينْج (jī strīnj)especially thin thong
- ثُونْغ (ṯōnḡ)especially thin thong
Catalan tanga
- tangaespecially thin thong
Chinese Mandarin G弦褲 /G弦裤, T字褲 /T字裤
- G弦褲 /G弦裤 (jī-xiánkù)especially thin thong
- T字褲 /T字裤 (tī-zìkù)especially thin thong
- 丁字褲 /丁字裤 (dīngzìkù)especially thin thong
Danish g-streng, G-streng
- g-strengespecially thin thong
- G-strengon a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces G
Dutch string
- stringespecially thin thong
Esperanto ŝnurkalsoneto
- ŝnurkalsonetoespecially thin thong
Finnish stringit, tanga
- stringitespecially thin thong
- tangaespecially thin thong
French string, tanga
- stringespecially thin thong
- tangaespecially thin thong
German String, Tanga
- Stringespecially thin thong
- Tangaespecially thin thong
- Stringtangaespecially thin thong
- G-Stringespecially thin thong
- Minislipespecially thin thong
- G-Saiteon a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces G
Hebrew חוּטִינִי
- חוּטִינִי (khutíni)especially thin thong
Hungarian tanga, g-húr
- tangaespecially thin thong
- g-húron a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces G
Irish bídeog
- bídeogespecially thin thong
Italian tanga, perizoma
- tangaespecially thin thong
- perizomaespecially thin thong
Japanese Ｇストリング, 六尺褌
- Ｇストリング (jī-sutoringu)especially thin thong
- 六尺褌especially thin thong
Korean 지스트링, G스트링
- 지스트링 (ji-seuteuring)especially thin thong
- G스트링 (ji-seuteuring)especially thin thong
Latin perizoma
- perizomaespecially thin thong
Norwegian Bokmål g-streng
- g-strengespecially thin thong
Polish stringi, struna G
- stringiespecially thin thong
- struna Gon a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces G
Portuguese tanga, fio dental
- tangaespecially thin thong
- fio dentalespecially thin thong
Russian тру́сики-та́нга, та́нга
- тру́сики-та́нга (trúsiki-tánga)especially thin thong
- та́нга (tánga)especially thin thong
- набе́дренная повя́зка (nabédrennaja povjázka)especially thin thong
- джѝ-стри́нг (džì-stríng)especially thin thong
- стри́нги (stríngi)especially thin thong
Spanish tanga, tanga
- tangaespecially thin thong
- tangaespecially thin thong
- colalessespecially thin thong
- colaléespecially thin thong
- zungaespecially thin thong
- hilo dentalespecially thin thong
- gistroespecially thin thong
Swedish string, g-string
- stringespecially thin thong
- g-stringespecially thin thong
- stringtrosaespecially thin thong
- tangaespecially thin thong
- G-strängon a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces G
Turkish tanga
- tangaespecially thin thong
Cite this entry
g-string. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/g-string
“g-string.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/g-string. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “g-string,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/g-string.
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