corsage
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcorsage (plural corsages)
- (obsolete) The size or shape of a person's body.
- (now only historical) The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
- A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
Translations
editbodice of a woman's dress
small bouquet of flowers
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See also
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editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Old French cors (“body”) + -age.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcorsage m (plural corsages)
Descendants
edit- → English: corsage
Further reading
edit- “corsage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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