lingerie
Meanings
Plural: lingeries
Noun
- women's underwear and nightclothes
- Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.
- Linen goods collectively.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French lingerie (“linen closet”). The irregular pronunciation is a hyperforeignism; it may derive from the frequent shift of /ɛ̃/ (which is this word's first vowel in standard French) toward /ɑ̃/ or [æ̃] in European French, which also tends to be drifted towards /ɔ̃/.
Synonyms
intimate apparel
Scrabble Score: 9
lingerie is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordlingerie is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lingerie is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
lingerie is a valid Words With Friends word