négligée

See also: negligee, Negligee, and negligée

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French négligée f (past participle, adjective), from French négligé m (“underdressed; loose garment”, past participle, adjective, noun), past participle of négliger (“to neglect”), from Latin negligere.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɛɡlɪʒeɪ/

Noun

négligée (plural négligées)

  1. A woman's loose-fitting nightgown, especially when short, lacy and/or revealing; a nightie.
    • 2000, The Guardian, 4 July 2000:
      Enkhbayar has promised more jobs, free education and higher public service wages to the poverty-ravaged country. But who needs those when you've got dancing girls in black negligees?
  2. (obsolete) A woman's lightweight gown.
  3. (obsolete) A state of careless undress.
  4. (obsolete) A necklace, usually of red coral.

Translations

See also

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ne.ɡli.ʒe/

Adjective

négligée

  1. feminine singular of négligé

Verb

négligée f

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of négliger
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