Meanings
tuxedo1
plural tuxedos · plural tuxedoes
- A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
His mom bought a tuxedo for him.
1 more example
He wore a tuxedo for his sister's wedding.
Synonyms: dinner jacket, black tie, tux, penguin suit
- The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of tuxedo cat.
Tuxedo2
- A place name:
- A town in Orange County, New York, United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA typically black formal jacket worn by men.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsemiformal evening dress for men
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
tuxedo · noun
- Eastern Algonquian
- Englishtuxedo
From Tuxedo Park, New York, US, where the fashion is often said to have originated, the village in turn likely from an Eastern Algonquian language (Munsee), from Lenape, tucsedo or p'tuxseepu, ("crooked water" or "crooked river").
More words from Eastern Algonquian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian смокинг, смо́кинг
- смокингformal jacket
- смо́кинг (smóking)formal suit
Catalan esmòquing
- esmòquingformal jacket
Chinese Cantonese 踢死兔, 踢死兔
- 踢死兔 (tek³ sei² tou³)formal jacket
- 踢死兔 (tek³ sei² tou³)formal suit
Chinese Mandarin 無尾禮服 /无尾礼服, 無尾禮服 /无尾礼服
- 無尾禮服 /无尾礼服 (wúwěilǐfú)formal jacket
- 無尾禮服 /无尾礼服 (wúwěilǐfú)formal suit
Czech smokink, smokink
- smokinkformal jacket
- smokinkformal suit
Danish smoking, smoking
- smokingformal jacket
- smokingformal suit
Esperanto smokingo, smokingo
- smokingoformal jacket
- smokingoformal suit
Estonian smoking, smoking
- smokingformal jacket
- smokingformal suit
Finnish smokkitakki, smokin takki
- smokkitakkiformal jacket
- smokin takkiformal jacket
- smokkiformal suit
French smoking, smoking
- smokingformal jacket
- smokingformal suit
German Smoking, Tuxedo
- Smokingformal jacket
- Tuxedoformal suit
- Abendanzugformal suit
- Smokingformal suit
Greek σμόκιν
- σμόκιν (smókin)formal jacket
Hungarian szmoking, szmoking
- szmokingformal jacket
- szmokingformal suit
Irish seaicéad dinnéir
- seaicéad dinnéirformal jacket
Italian smoking
- smokingformal suit
Japanese タキシード, タキシード
- タキシード (takishīdo)formal jacket
- タキシード (takishīdo)formal suit
Korean 턱시도, 턱시도
- 턱시도 (teoksido)formal jacket
- 턱시도 (teoksido)formal suit
Norwegian Bokmål smoking, smoking
- smokingformal jacket
- smokingformal suit
Polish smoking, smoking
- smokingformal jacket
- smokingformal suit
Portuguese smoking, smoking
- smokingformal jacket
- smokingformal suit
Russian смо́кинг, смо́кинг
- смо́кинг (smóking)formal jacket
- смо́кинг (smóking)formal suit
Spanish smoking, esmoquin
- smokingformal jacket
- esmoquinformal jacket
- smokingformal suit
- esmoquinformal suit
Swedish smoking, smoking
- smokingformal jacket
- smokingformal suit
Tagalog tuksedo
- tuksedoformal jacket
Turkish smokin, smokin
- smokinformal jacket
- smokinformal suit
Ukrainian смо́кінг
- смо́кінг (smókinh)formal jacket
Vietnamese ximôckinh, ximôkinh
- ximôckinhformal jacket
- ximôkinhformal jacket
- áo đuôi tômformal jacket
Yiddish סמאָקינג
- סמאָקינגformal jacket
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tuxedo
Cite this entry
tuxedo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuxedo
“tuxedo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuxedo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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