lavalier

English

Etymology

From French lavallière, named after the Duchesse de la Vallière, a mistress of King Louis XIV of France.

Noun

lavalier (plural lavaliers)

  1. An item of jewellery consisting of a pendant, sometimes with one stone, suspended from a necklace.
  2. A kind of microphone intended to clip onto the lapel at about the level of the pendant on a lavalier.

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