Meanings
plural décolletages · alternative decolletage
- A low neckline on a woman's dress, especially one that reveals or emphasizes her cleavage.
Synonyms: décolleté, plunging neckline
- The portion of a woman's body that is revealed by a low neckline; the upper chest, as well, sometimes, as the neck, and shoulders.
Meronym: cleavage
2 more examples
I visualized businessmen trying to see the tops of her stockings or into the valley of her décolletage as she bent to put drinks on a table.
2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 450If you want to continue wearing low-cut necklines and avoid having to rely on turtlenecks and scarves to hide your neck, you have to take care of the delicate skin below your jawline, namely your neck and décolletage.
2014, Harold Lancer, Younger: The Breakthrough Anti-Aging Method for Radiant Skin
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA low neckline on a woman's dress, especially one that reveals or emphasizes her cleavage.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Middle Frenchdes-
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Frenchdé-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷel-der.?
- Latincollum
- Old Frenchcol
- Middle Frenchcol
- Middle Frenchcollet
- Frenchcollet
- Frenchdécolleter
- Frenchdécolletage
- Englishdécolletage
Borrowed from French décolletage.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan escot
- escotlow neckline
Chinese Mandarin 低胸裝 /低胸装
- 低胸裝 /低胸装 (dīxiōngzhuāng)low neckline
Czech výstřih, dekolt
- výstřihlow neckline
- dekoltlow neckline
French décolletage, décolleté
- décolletagelow neckline
- décolletélow neckline
German Dekolleté
- Dekolletélow neckline
Greek ντεκολτέ
- ντεκολτέ (ntekolté)low neckline
Hebrew דקולטה
- דקולטהlow neckline
Hungarian dekoltázs
- dekoltázslow neckline
Italian scollatura
- scollaturalow neckline
Japanese デコルタージュ
- デコルタージュ (dekorutājyu)low neckline
Polish dekolt, głęboki dekolt
- dekoltlow neckline
- głęboki dekoltlow neckline
Portuguese decote
- decotelow neckline
Romanian decolteu
- decolteulow neckline
Russian декольте́
- декольте́ (dekolʹtɛ́)low neckline
Spanish escote
- escotelow neckline
Swedish urringning, dekolletage
- urringninglow neckline
- dekolletagelow neckline
Cite this entry
décolletage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9colletage
“décolletage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9colletage. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “décolletage,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9colletage.
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