Meanings
plural onesies
- Any of various one-piece attires:
- 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 People1 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 TimesSynonyms: diaper shirt, romper, romper suit
- 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.
Full word history & related roots →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
onesie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onesie
“onesie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onesie. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onesie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onesie.
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