Meanings
plural undergarments
- Any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin; an item of underwear.
Richard DeLongpre: Are you okay, my boy angel? Allen Gregory DeLongpre: I have a broken heart. And undergarments filled with my own unruly waste.
2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)1 more example
In the Victorian Era, exposing your shirtfront in public was considered improper, as shirts were viewed as undergarments. Waistcoats concealed this and helped [to] tame oversized, billowy shirts.
2025 September 12, Jack Collins, “Why Did Men Stop Wearing Three-Piece Suits?”, in Gentleman's Gazette - in plurallifestyleTemple garments worn by the followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Synonyms: Jesus jammies
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTemple garments worn by the followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
More synonyms by meaning
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian долни дрехи
- долни дрехи (dolni drehi)any garment worn underneath others
Dutch onderkledingstuk
- onderkledingstukany garment worn underneath others
Esperanto subvesto
- subvestoany garment worn underneath others
Finnish alusvaate
- alusvaateany garment worn underneath others
French sous-vêtement
- sous-vêtementany garment worn underneath others
German Unterwäsche
- Unterwäscheany garment worn underneath others
Greek εσώρουχο
- εσώρουχο (esóroucho)any garment worn underneath others
Hindi अधोवस्त्र
- अधोवस्त्र (adhovastra)any garment worn underneath others
Hungarian alsónemű, fehérnemű
- alsóneműany garment worn underneath others
- fehérneműany garment worn underneath others
Irish ball fo-éadaigh, fo-éadaí
- ball fo-éadaighany garment worn underneath others
- fo-éadaíany garment worn underneath others
Japanese 下着
- 下着 (shitagi)any garment worn underneath others
Polish bielizna
- bieliznaany garment worn underneath others
Portuguese roupa íntima
- roupa íntimaany garment worn underneath others
Russian испо́днее, бельё
- испо́днее (ispódneje)any garment worn underneath others
- бельё (belʹjó)any garment worn underneath others
Spanish prenda interior, prenda íntima
- prenda interiorany garment worn underneath others
- prenda íntimaany garment worn underneath others
Swedish underplagg
- underplaggany garment worn underneath others
Tamil உள்ளாடை
- உள்ளாடை (uḷḷāṭai)any garment worn underneath others
Thai ชุดชั้นใน
- ชุดชั้นใน (chút-chán-nai)any garment worn underneath others
Welsh crys
- crysany garment worn underneath others
Cite this entry
undergarment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undergarment
“undergarment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undergarment. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undergarment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undergarment.
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