Meanings
plural undershirts
- fashionAn undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless.
An undershirt absorbs moisture from your body and equalizes your body temperature.
2009, Peter Jungk, Crossing the Hudson, page 101 more example
And she’ll say, “Ooh, look at my baby’s undershirt! What sweet little sockies! What clothesies does my little one want?” ‘All perversion I see! And this lady, doesn’t she have any children?’
2004 August, Menis Koumandareas, translated by Patricia Felisa Barbeito and Vangelis Calotychos, “Pale Face”, in Their Smell Makes Me Want to Cry (Birmingham Modern Greek Translations; 5), Birmingham, West Midlands: Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, The University of Birmingham, →ISBN, page 19Synonyms: singlet, wifebeater, vest, underbodice
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*skertaną
- Proto-Germanic*skurtaz
- Proto-Germanic*skurtijǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*skurtijā
- Old Englishsċyrte
- Middle Englishschirte
- Englishshirt
- Englishundershirt
Translations
Danish undertrøje
- undertrøjeundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
Dutch onderhemd, marcelleke
- onderhemdundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
- marcellekeundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
- onderborstrokundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
Finnish aluspaita
- aluspaitaundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
Hungarian atlétatrikó, atléta
- atlétatrikóundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
- atlétaundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
- trikóundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
Indonesian kaus dalam
- kaus dalamundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
Latin interula
- interulaundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
Polish podkoszulek
- podkoszulekundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
Russian ма́йка
- ма́йка (májka)undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
Spanish camiseta interior, guardacamisa
- camiseta interiorundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
- guardacamisaundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
- camisolaundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
Swedish undertröja
- undertröjaundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
Tamil பனியன்
- பனியன் (paṉiyaṉ)undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
Turkish atlet
- atletundergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless
Cite this entry
undershirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undershirt
“undershirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undershirt. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undershirt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undershirt.
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