blouse

== English == === Etymology 1 === 1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more. More at blee, fold. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /blaʊs/, /blaʊz/ IPA(key): (obsolete) /bluːz/ Rhymes: -aʊs, -aʊz ==== Noun ==== blouse (plural blouses) (fashion, obsolete) A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist. (fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women. (military fashion) A loose-fitting uniform jacket. (India, Bangladesh) A short garment worn under a sari. ===== Synonyms ===== bodice (also used for undershirts) ===== Hyponyms ===== Watteau bodice ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Bengali: ব্লাউজ (blauj) → Gujarati: બ્લાઉઝ (blāujha) → Hindi: ब्लाउज़ (blāuz) → Japanese: ブラウス (burausu), ブルーズ (burūzu) → Korean: 블라우스 (beullauseu) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== blouse (third-person singular simple present blouses, present participle blousing, simple past and past participle bloused) To hang a garment in loose folds. (military) To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots). (prison) The act of hiding contraband, such as drugs or weapons, in one's rectum. ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “military”): unblouse ===== Derived terms ===== deblouse unblouse === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== blouse (plural blouses) Alternative form of blouze. Alternative form of blowze. ===== Derived terms ===== blousy === References === === Anagrams === Belous, Lobues, besoul, boules, obelus == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blus/ Hyphenation: blou‧se Rhymes: -us === Noun === blouse f (plural blouses, diminutive blouseje n) alternative spelling of bloes == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bluz/ === Etymology 1 === 1788, of obscure origin. Three hypotheses are: French blousse (“scraps of wool”), from Occitan lano blouso (“pure or short wool”), from blous, blos (“pure, empty, bare”), from Old High German blōz (“naked, bare”) (German bloß (“bare”)) A conflation of the aforementioned and French bliaud, bliaut (a kind of smock or robe, whence English bliaus, bliaut), from Old French bliau, also from Frankish *blīfald (“topcoat of scarlet colour”), from *blīu (“coloured, bright”) + *fald (“crease, fold”). More at English blee, fold, and bliaut. From Medieval Latin pelusia, from Pelusium, a city of Upper Egypt, a clothing manufacturer during the Middle Ages. ==== Noun ==== blouse f (plural blouses) uniform or coat with buttons down the front blouse d'hôpital ― hospital gown ===== Derived terms ===== blouses blanches ===== Related terms ===== blousard blouson ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === belouse is earlier. The word appears already in the early 17th century and its origin is unknown. ==== Alternative forms ==== belouse, belouzes ==== Noun ==== blouse f (plural blouses) (archaic) any one of the holes on a billiards table ===== Descendants ===== → German: Blouse, Bluse → Russian: лу́за (lúza) === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== blouse inflection of blouser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “blouse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === boules == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === blouse f (plural blouses) (Jersey) smock ==== Synonyms ==== c'mînsole dé molleton