onesie

one·sie
O1N1E1S1I1E1
/ˈwʌn.zi/

noun

A one-piece garment for an infant or small child, generally worn over a diaper.

UncommonScrabble 6

Meanings

nounonesie (plural onesies)

plural onesies

  1. Any of various one-piece attires:
    1. USA one-piece garment for an infant or small child, generally worn over a diaper.

      The Fever shared a video of the meeting on X (formerly known as Twitter), where an excited Clark got to hold the young baby and sign the youngster's onesie.

      2024 August 16, Natasha Dye, “Caitlin Clark Signs Indiana Fever Fan's 2-Week-Old Baby: 'So Cute'”, in People
      1 more example

      It was once considered taboo to even suggest that new motherhood was not all sunshine onesies and rainbow mobiles, and “Baby Ruby” arrives on a welcome wave of contemporary movies exploring how the joys of child rearing can commingle with misery.

      2023 February 2, Natalia Winkelman, “‘Baby Ruby’ Review: Enfant Terrible”, in The New York Times

      Synonyms: diaper shirt, romper, romper suit

    2. A one-piece fashionable streetwear worn mostly by teenagers.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA one-piece garment for an infant or small child, generally worn over a diaper.

Origin

Genericized trademark from the Gerber Childrenswear brand name Onesies, which became reinterpreted as a plural. Equivalent to one + -sie.

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Translations

Bulgarian ританки
  • ританки (ritanki)baby garment
Chinese Mandarin 連體服 /连体服
  • 連體服 /连体服 (liántǐfú)adult jumpsuit
Czech dupačky
  • dupačkybaby garment
Dutch romper, rompertje
  • romperbaby garment
  • rompertjebaby garment
  • kruippakbaby garment
  • kruippakjebaby garment
  • romperadult jumpsuit
Finnish potkupuku, haalari
  • potkupukubaby garment
  • haalariadult jumpsuit
French body, combinaison
  • bodybaby garment
  • combinaisonadult jumpsuit
German Strampler
  • Stramplerbaby garment
Hungarian kezeslábas, kombidressz
  • kezeslábasbaby garment
  • kombidresszadult jumpsuit
  • bodiadult jumpsuit
  • bodyadult jumpsuit
Italian pagliaccetto
  • pagliaccettobaby garment
Korean 바디슈트
  • 바디슈트 (badisyuteu)baby garment
Māori kahutahi, kahutahi
  • kahutahibaby garment
  • kahutahiadult jumpsuit
Portuguese macaquinho, macacão
  • macaquinhobaby garment
  • macacãoadult jumpsuit
Romanian body
  • bodybaby garment
Russian детский комбинезон, слип
  • детский комбинезон (detskij kombinezon)baby garment
  • слип (slip)baby garment
  • комбинезон (kombinezon)adult jumpsuit
Spanish mono, pelele
  • monobaby garment
  • pelelebaby garment
  • mamelucobaby garment
  • piluchobaby garment
  • enteritobaby garment
  • enterizobaby garment
  • monoadult jumpsuit
  • esquijamaadult jumpsuit
  • mamelucoadult jumpsuit
  • skiyamaadult jumpsuit
  • enteritoadult jumpsuit
  • enterizoadult jumpsuit
Swedish mysoverall
  • mysoveralladult jumpsuit
Turkish bebek tulumu
  • bebek tulumubaby garment
Cite this entry
APA

onesie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onesie

MLA

“onesie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onesie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onesie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onesie.

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