Meanings
plural lingeries
- uncountableusuallyUnderwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.
Synonyms: intimate apparel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounUnderwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.
More synonyms by meaning
nounwomen's underwear and nightclothes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchlingerie“linen closet”
- Englishlingerie
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/.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَلَابِس اَلنِّسَاء اَلتَّحْتِيَّة
- مَلَابِس اَلنِّسَاء اَلتَّحْتِيَّة (malābis an-nisāʔ at-taḥtiyya)underwear or nightclothes
Basque lentzeria
- lentzeriaunderwear or nightclothes
Bengali ল্যানজারি
- ল্যানজারি (lênjari)underwear or nightclothes
Bulgarian дамско бельо
- дамско бельо (damsko beljo)underwear or nightclothes
Catalan llenceria
- llenceriaunderwear or nightclothes
Chinese Mandarin 女內衣 /女内衣
- 女內衣 /女内衣 (nǚ nèiyī)underwear or nightclothes
Czech prádélko
- prádélkounderwear or nightclothes
Dutch lingerie
- lingerieunderwear or nightclothes
Esperanto ekscitvesto
- ekscitvestounderwear or nightclothes
Finnish alusvaatteet
- alusvaatteetunderwear or nightclothes
French lingerie
- lingerieunderwear or nightclothes
German Damenunterwäsche, Dessous
- Damenunterwäscheunderwear or nightclothes
- Dessousunderwear or nightclothes
- Lingerieunderwear or nightclothes
- Reizwäscheunderwear or nightclothes
Hebrew הלבשה תחתונה
- הלבשה תחתונה (halbashá taḥtoná)underwear or nightclothes
Hungarian fehérnemű
- fehérneműunderwear or nightclothes
Irish éadaí cnis
- éadaí cnisunderwear or nightclothes
Italian biancheria, lingerie
- biancheriaunderwear or nightclothes
- lingerieunderwear or nightclothes
- lingeriaunderwear or nightclothes
Japanese ランジェリー
- ランジェリー (ranjerī)underwear or nightclothes
Korean 란제리
- 란제리 (ranjeri)underwear or nightclothes
Latin multīcia
- multīciaunderwear or nightclothes
Lithuanian moteriškas apatinis trikotažas
- moteriškas apatinis trikotažasunderwear or nightclothes
Persian زیر پوشی زن
- زیر پوشی زن (zir puši zan)underwear or nightclothes
Polish bielizna (damska), odzież nocna
- bielizna (damska)underwear or nightclothes
- odzież nocnaunderwear or nightclothes
Portuguese lingerie, camisola
- lingerieunderwear or nightclothes
- camisolaunderwear or nightclothes
Russian да́мское бельё, же́нское ни́жнее бельё
- да́мское бельё (dámskoje belʹjó)underwear or nightclothes
- же́нское ни́жнее бельё (žénskoje nížneje belʹjó)underwear or nightclothes
Spanish ropa blanca, ropa interior
- ropa blancaunderwear or nightclothes
- ropa interiorunderwear or nightclothes
- ropa íntimaunderwear or nightclothes
- lenceríaunderwear or nightclothes
Swedish damunderkläder, raffset
- damunderkläderunderwear or nightclothes
- raffsetunderwear or nightclothes
Vietnamese đồ lót
- đồ lótunderwear or nightclothes
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lingerie
All rhymes →Cite this entry
lingerie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingerie
“lingerie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingerie. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lingerie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingerie.
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