Meanings
plural lavalieres · alternative lavalier · alternative lavalliere · alternative lavallière
- businessA pussy bow.
- alternativejewelryAlternative form of lavalier (“a pendant on a chain”).
Slipping off the cover of her box, Beth uttered a low cry of amazement and admiration. Then she held up a dainty lavalliere, with a pendant containing a superb pearl.
1914, Edith Van Dyne [pseudonym: Lyman Frank Baum], chapter XV, in Aunt Jane’s Nieces Out West, Chicago,: The Reilly & Britton Co.
alternative lavalier · alternative lavalliere · alternative lavallière
- not comparableWorn on the chest.
a lavaliere microphone
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Frenchlavallière
- Frenchlavallière
- Englishlavaliere
Borrowed from French lavallière.
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