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deshabille

Meaning of "deshabille" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DESHABILLE

From French déshabillé undressed, from dés-dis-1 + habiller to dress.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DESHABILLE

ˌdeɪzæˈbiːl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESHABILLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deshabille is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DESHABILLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Negligee

The negligee or négligée, from the French: négligée, literally meaning "neglected", is a form of women's clothing consisting of a sheer usually long dressing gown. It is a form of nightgown intended for wear at night and in the bedroom. It was first introduced in France in the 18th-century, where it mimicked the heavy head-to-toe style of women's day dresses of the time. By the 1920s it began to mimic women's satin single-layer evening dress of the period. The term "negligee" was used of a Royal Doulton run of ceramic figurines in 1927, showing women wearing what appears to be a one-piece knee-length silk or rayon slip, trimmed with lace. Although the evening-dresses style of nightwear made moves towards the modern negligee style—translucent bodices, lace trimming, bows, exemplified in 1941 by a photo of Rita Hayworth in Life—it was only after World War II that nightwear changed from being primarily utilitarian to being primarily sensual or even erotic; the negligee emerged strongly as a form of lingerie.

Definition of deshabille in the English dictionary

The definition of deshabille in the dictionary is the state of being partly or carelessly dressed. Other definition of deshabille is clothes worn in such a state.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESHABILLE

abele · airmobile · automobile · Beale · Biel · bloodmobile · bookmobile · dishabille · Dormobile · habile · pimpmobile · Popemobile · skimobile · snowmobile · traymobile

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESHABILLE

deservedness · deserver · deserving · deservingly · deservingness · desex · desexualisation · desexualise · desexualization · desexualize · deshi · desi · desiccant · desiccate · desiccated · desiccation · desiccative · desiccator · desiderata · desiderate

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESHABILLE

andouille · Bastille · Brazzaville · famille · fille · gerbille · Granville · grille · Huntsville · Jacksonville · Knoxville · Lille · Louisville · marseille · Melville · Nashville · quadrille · Seville · Somerville · taille

Synonyms and antonyms of deshabille in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «deshabille» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DESHABILLE

Find out the translation of deshabille to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of deshabille from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deshabille» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

deshabille
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

deshabille
570 millions of speakers
en

English

deshabille
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

deshabille
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

deshabille
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

deshabille
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

deshabille
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

শিথিলবসন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

déshabillé
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Deshabille
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

deshabille
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

deshabille
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

deshabille
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Deshabille
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

deshabille
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஒழுங்கற்ற எண்ணம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

डिसानिबील
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

sabahlık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

abbigliamento succinto
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

deshabille
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

deshabille
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

deshabille
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

deshabille
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neglige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

deshabille
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

deshabille
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deshabille

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESHABILLE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of deshabille
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «deshabille».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deshabille

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESHABILLE»

Discover the use of deshabille in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deshabille and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English
The context shows that Valdez did not desert his friends but was deserted by them. deserving of serious consideration is officialese for important. deshabille should, as a French word, be deshabille, e.g. en deshabille (in undress). The English ...
Eric Partridge, Janet Whitcut, 1997
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The Refugees: A Tale of Two Continents
CHAPTER II A MONARCH IN DESHABILLE IT was the morning after the guardsman had returned to his duties. Eight o'clock had struck on the great clock of Versailles, and it was almost time for the monarch to rise. Through all the long  ...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1893
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New York Magazine
Television. /John. Leonard. THE. BLUE,. THE. GRAY,. AND. THE. DESHABILLE. ". . .North. and. South,. Book. II. turns. the. Civil. War. into. Dynasty. It's. mainly. about. patriotic. gore. and. Lesley-. Anne. Down's. breasts. . . " Theater/ John Simon ...
4
My Rest Cure
A house in deshabille — every variety of deshabille. Deshabille swarms and circles about us. D&habille flops and flutters. Flannelette, pink and rampant, ministers to flannelette, pink and prostrate. Waterproofs and pyjamas proffer assistance.
George Robey, 1919
5
Peripheries of Nineteenth-century French Studies: Views from ...
Thus Denise and her brothers walking through the shop in search of blouses traverse the women's underwear department: "Le deshabille galant commencait, un deshabille qui jonchait les vastes pieces, comme si un groupe de jolies filles ...
Timothy Bell Raser, 2002
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Peterson's Magazine
REDINGOTE. FOR. DESHABILLE. BY UBS. JANE WEAVER. we give, (his month, a very stylish costume The dotted lines on No. '2 show where the for deshabille, a Uedingote, and the very newest — ._ „„.. „ full description is , gi'en in our ...
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The Refugees: Easyread Large Bold Edition
CHAPTER. II. A. MONARCH. IN. DESHABILLE. It was the morning after the guardsman had returned to his duties. Eight o'clock had struck on the great clock of Versailles, and it was almost time for the monarch to rise. Through all the long  ...
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir, 2008
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Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)
CHAPTER. II. A. MONARCH. IN. DESHABILLE. It was the morning after the guardsman had returned to his duties. Eight o'clock had struckonthegreatclock of Versailles,andit was almost time for themonarchtorise. Through allthelong corridors ...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 2013
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The Refugees
CHAPTER. II. A. MONARCH. IN. DESHABILLE. It was the morning after the guardsman had returned to his duties. Eight o'clock had struck on the great clock of Versailles, and it was almost time for the monarch to rise. Through all the long  ...
Arthur Conan Doyle, 2008
10
THE LADY'S COMPANION AND MONTHLY MAGAZINE
For the country, proprement dit, there are three styles ; the morning deshabille, the toilette de visile, and the Amazon?. To begin at the beginning: there is the deshabille il la Montpensier and the dishabille a la Pompadour ; the first is in the style ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESHABILLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deshabille is used in the context of the following news items.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY CABARET.
This will be the second to last chance to catch our favourites, Joe Morose Chastity Belt Ruby Deshabille and Mia Merode strut their stuff and ... «BrixtonBuzz, Jul 15»
2
Millie Mackintosh: 'I get trolls telling me I look pregnant'
Tattooed Hackney rapper Professor Green (aka Stephen Manderson) was so taken with her deshabille pictures that he made contact via his ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
3
BB King (1925-2015): a true blues aristocrat
The weather was hot and most of the guests were in some kind of deshabille, ranging from shorts to virtually nothing. In such circumstances, it ... «The Guardian, May 15»
4
Being Smart
... 48,000 crore and Rs 50,000 crore, is welcome, these funds are only the first step in grappling with deepening urban deshabille and decay. «The Indian Express, Apr 15»
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Alan Cumming: You can be at the top of your game at 50 (and other …
I might even bring them down and wear them every now and then if I'm going for a deshabille, bohemian look, and they'll still pull it off. They've ... «The Globe and Mail, Apr 15»
6
On its 30th anniversary, why Riders is the best erotic fiction of all time
But none of this matters; the book is as seductive in its meanders as Janey's constant state of deshabille. None of the Rutshire novels that came ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
7
Copenhagen, Day Two: Baum und Pferdgarten, By Malene Birger …
... were layered with wispy chiffon hemlines contrasted by fluffy glitter knits, and it was felt at Ganni, too, in their take on deshabille languor. «Style.com, Jan 15»
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Urban Runway: Michael Lee picked off Sydney street for his stylish …
In store and academybrand.com. Deshabille. Up to 80 per cent off a range of sleep and loungewear, while stocks last, deshabille.com.au. «The Daily Telegraph, Dec 14»
9
'In yellow and black, Theresa May had the look of a queen hornet …
From 10ft it looked as though it had various portraits of women in stages of deshabille. Mr Vaz tried – as Victorian romantic novelists would say ... «Daily Mail, Dec 14»
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Sculpture by the Sea winner: unfinished roadworks or a shark's …
... and it's a challenging work in a number of ways," said Michael Le Grand, who won the same prize in 1997 with his work Deshabille. "I think ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 14»
REFERENCE
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