Meanings
plural three-piece suits · alternative 3-piece suit
- A suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat.
Then, immaculately dressed in three-piece suit, starched collar, and wingtips, Wilbur was obliged to drive a spike of Nevada silver into a railroad tie, a tricky and potentially embarrassing ceremonoial duty, especially with a phalanx of eager photographers poised to record every misswing.
2014, Joseph E. Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure
Translations
Catalan tern
- ternsuit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat
Chinese Mandarin 三件套西裝 /三件套西装
- 三件套西裝 /三件套西装 (sānjiàntào xīzhuāng)suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat
Dutch driedelig pak
- driedelig paksuit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat
Finnish liivipuku
- liivipukusuit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat
French costume trois pièces
- costume trois piècessuit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat
Hungarian háromrészes öltöny
- háromrészes öltönysuit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat
Italian completo
- completosuit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat
Russian костюм-тройка
- костюм-тройка (kostjum-trojka)suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat
Spanish terno
- ternosuit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat
Cite this entry
three-piece suit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/three-piece%20suit
“three-piece suit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/three-piece%20suit. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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