onesie

English

Baby wearing a onesie.

Etymology

From the Gerber Childrenswear brand name Onesies. The name became generic and was reinterpreted as a plural, hence the new singular and decapitalized "onesie".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwʌn.zi/
  • Hyphenation: one‧sie

Noun

onesie (plural onesies)

  1. (US) A one-piece garment for an infant or small child, generally worn over a diaper.
  2. One-piece adult loungewear jumpsuit.
  3. One-piece fashionable streetwear worn mostly by teenagers.

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