bustier

English

A white bustier.

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːstiɚ/, enPR: bo͞osʹtē-ā

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bustier (plural bustiers)

1. A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.

   Synonym: bustiere

   • 2009 February 18, Cathy Horyn, “In the Moment, or Not”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The clothes were equally frothy: teacup silk skirts, a bubbly wool coat in Bazooka pink, satin bustiers with huge fan pleats across the front, metallic peplum jackets and flamboyantly patterned tights.

   • 2010, Jane Porter, The Sheikh's Wife, →ISBN:

     Next came the narrow silk straps of her bustier. She pushed the satin fabric down, toward her waist, exposing her breasts.

Translations

a tight-fitting women's top

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緊身女胸衣／紧身女胸衣 (jǐnshēn nǚxiōngyī)

• French: bustier (fr) m
• German: Bustier (de) n
• Italian: bustino m
• Japanese: ビスチェ (bisuche)
• Kazakh: бюстье (büste)
• Kyrgyz: бюстье (byustye)
• Portuguese: bustiê (pt) m

Etymology 2

See busty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌsti.ə(ɹ)/, enPR: bŭsʹtē-ər

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

bustier

1. comparative form of busty: more busty

Further reading

• bustier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Iturbes, biurets, buriest, subtrie

French

Etymology

From buste +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bys.tje/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

bustier m (plural bustiers)

1. bustier (clothing)

Descendants

• → English: bustier

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bitures, bruites, bursite

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bustier.

Noun

bustier m (plural bustieri)

1. bustier

Declension

Declension of bustier

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bustier	bustierul	(niște) bustieri	bustierii
genitive/dative	(unui) bustier	bustierului	(unor) bustieri	bustierilor
vocative	bustierule		bustierilor