peignoir

English

a 1960s peignoir

Etymology

Borrowed from French peignoir.

Pronunciation

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Noun

peignoir (plural peignoirs)

A long outer garment for women, usually sheer and made of chiffon and often sold with matching nightgown, negligee or underwear
A cape worn to protect the clothes at the barbers / hairdressers

Translations

a long outer garment for women

Arabic: بَنْوَار m (banwār)
Armenian: պենուար (hy) (penuar)
Belarusian: пеньюа́р m (pjenʹjuár), пэньюа́р m (penʹjuár)
Bulgarian: пеньоа́р (bg) m (penjoár)
Dutch: peignoir (nl) m
French: peignoir (fr) m
Georgian: პენუარი (ṗenuari)
German: Peignoir m
Greek: πενιουάρ (el) n (peniouár), πενουάρ (el) n (penouár)
Hungarian: háziköntös (hu)
Japanese: ペニョワール (penyowāru)
Korean: 페뉴아르 (penyuareu)
Macedonian: пењоа́р m (penjoár)
Polish: peniuar (pl) m
Russian: пеньюа́р (ru) m (penʹjuár)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пењо̀а̄р m

Roman: penjòār (sh) m
Swedish: peignoir (sv) c
Ukrainian: пеньюа́р m (penʹjuár)

French

Etymology

From peigner (“to comb”) +‎ -oir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛ.ɲwaʁ/, /pe.ɲwaʁ/
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Rhymes: -waʁ

Noun

peignoir m (plural peignoirs)

cape (long light clothing used to protect the clothes in e.g. a barber)
bathrobe, dressing gown
Synonym: robe de chambre
nightdress
Synonym: robe de nuit

Descendants

→ English: peignoir
→ Italian: peignoir
→ Russian: пеньюа́р (penʹjuár)

Further reading

“peignoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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