Meanings
nounswimsuit (plural swimsuits)
plural swimsuits
- A tight-fitting one-piece garment worn by women and girls.
Jade refused to go swimming with her brother until he helped her find her favorite swimsuit.
Synonyms & antonyms
Broader
nountight fitting garment worn for swimming
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic بَدْلَةُ الْحَمَّامِ, لِبَاسُ السِّبَاحَةِ
- بَدْلَةُ الْحَمَّامِ (badlatu l-ḥammāmi)garment worn for swimming
- لِبَاسُ السِّبَاحَةِ (libāsu s-sibāḥati)garment worn for swimming
- لِبَاس سِبَاحَة (libās sibāḥa)garment worn for swimming
Basque bainujantzi
- bainujantzigarment worn for swimming
Bulgarian ба́нски костю́м
- ба́нски костю́м (bánski kostjúm)garment worn for swimming
Catalan banyador
- banyadorgarment worn for swimming
Chinese Mandarin 泳裝 /泳装, 游泳衣
- 泳裝 /泳装 (yǒngzhuāng)garment worn for swimming
- 游泳衣 (yóuyǒngyī)garment worn for swimming
- 泳衣 (yǒngyī)garment worn for swimming
Czech plavky
- plavkygarment worn for swimming
Dutch badpak, zwembroek
- badpakgarment worn for swimming
- zwembroekgarment worn for swimming
Finnish uimapuku, uima-asu
- uimapukugarment worn for swimming
- uima-asugarment worn for swimming
- kokouimapukutight-fitting one-piece garment
- uimapukutight-fitting one-piece garment
French maillot de bain
- maillot de baingarment worn for swimming
German Badebekleidung, Badeanzug
- Badebekleidunggarment worn for swimming
- Badeanzuggarment worn for swimming
Greek μαγιό
- μαγιό (magió)garment worn for swimming
Hebrew בֶּגֶד יָם
- בֶּגֶד יָם (béged yám)garment worn for swimming
Hungarian fürdőruha, úszódressz
- fürdőruhagarment worn for swimming
- úszódressztight-fitting one-piece garment
Indonesian baju renang
- baju renanggarment worn for swimming
Italian costume da bagno
- costume da bagnogarment worn for swimming
Japanese 水着
- 水着 (mizugi)garment worn for swimming
Korean 수영복
- 수영복 (suyeongbok)garment worn for swimming
Latin vestis balnearis, subligaculum balneare
- vestis balnearisgarment worn for swimming
- subligaculum balnearegarment worn for swimming
Norwegian Bokmål badetøy, badedrakt
- badetøygarment worn for swimming
- badedraktgarment worn for swimming
- badebuksegarment worn for swimming
- badedrakttight-fitting one-piece garment
Polish strój kąpielowy, kostium kąpielowy
- strój kąpielowygarment worn for swimming
- kostium kąpielowygarment worn for swimming
- kąpielówkigarment worn for swimming
Portuguese traje de banho, fato de banho
- traje de banhogarment worn for swimming
- fato de banhogarment worn for swimming
- roupa de banhogarment worn for swimming
Romanian costum de baie
- costum de baiegarment worn for swimming
Russian купа́льный костю́м, купа́льник
- купа́льный костю́м (kupálʹnyj kostjúm)garment worn for swimming
- купа́льник (kupálʹnik)garment worn for swimming
- пла́вки (men’s)garment worn for swimming
Scottish Gaelic briogais-shnàimh
- briogais-shnàimhgarment worn for swimming
Slovak plavky
- plavkygarment worn for swimming
Spanish bañador, traje de baño
- bañadorgarment worn for swimming
- traje de bañogarment worn for swimming
- ropa de bañogarment worn for swimming
- calzonetagarment worn for swimming
- calzón de bañogarment worn for swimming
- calzonetagarment worn for swimming
- mallagarment worn for swimming
- vestido de bañogarment worn for swimming
- trusagarment worn for swimming
- pantaloneta de bañogarment worn for swimming
- ropa de bañargarment worn for swimming
Swedish badkläder, badplagg
- badklädergarment worn for swimming
- badplagggarment worn for swimming
- badbyxorgarment worn for swimming
- baddräkttight-fitting one-piece garment
Thai ชุดว่ายน้ำ
- ชุดว่ายน้ำ (chút-wâai-náam)garment worn for swimming
Turkish mayo
- mayogarment worn for swimming
Ukrainian купа́льний костю́м, купа́льник
- купа́льний костю́м (kupálʹnyj kostjúm)garment worn for swimming
- купа́льник (kupálʹnyk)garment worn for swimming
- пла́вки (plávky)garment worn for swimming
Vietnamese đồ bơi, trang phục bơi
- đồ bơigarment worn for swimming
- trang phục bơigarment worn for swimming
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APA
swimsuit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swimsuit
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“swimsuit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swimsuit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swimsuit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swimsuit.
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