corsage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French corsage.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɔːˈsɑːʒ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kɔɹˈsɑʒ/

Noun

corsage (plural corsages)

1. (obsolete) The size or shape of a person's body.
2. (now only historical) The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
3. A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.

Translations

bodice of a woman's dress

• Bulgarian: корсаж m (korsaž)
• French: corsage (fr) m
• Indonesian: korsase (id)
• Japanese: コサージュ (kosāju), コルサージュ (korusāju)
• Portuguese: corpete m

small bouquet of flowers

• French: petit bouquet m
• Indonesian: korsase (id)
• Japanese: コサージュ (kosāju), コルサージュ (korusāju)

See also

• nosegay
• bouquet
• posy

Anagrams

• cargoes, socager

French

Etymology

From Old French cors (“body”) +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.saʒ/

• Audio (Nancy):

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Noun

corsage m (plural corsages)

1. (obsolete) body, torso
2. (historical) bodice, corsage
3. blouse, camisole; top

Descendants

• → English: corsage

Further reading

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