Embonpoint
Appearance
See also: embonpoint
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French embonpoint.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Embonpoint m or n (strong, genitive Embonpoints, no plural)
- (higher register, dated) embonpoint (plumpness)
- Synonym: Schmerbauch
- 1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern […] [The World of Yesterday][1]:
- Man legte sich lange schwarze Gehröcke zu und einen gemächlichen Gang und wenn möglich ein leichtes Embonpoint, um diese erstrebenswerte Gesetztheit zu verkörpern, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Embonpoint [sg-only, masculine // neuter, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Embonpoint” in Duden online
- “Embonpoint” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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