négligée

See also: negligee, Negligee, and negligée

English

Alternative forms

• négligé, negligee, negligée

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/

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Adjective

négligée

1. (obsolete) Carelessly or unceremoniously dressed.
2. (of clothing) In the style of a negligee; revealing, titillating.

Noun

négligée (plural négligées)

1. (obsolete) A woman's lightweight gown of the eighteenth century. [18th–19th c.]
   • 1777, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 78:

     [S]he had on a lilac Negligee, Gause Cuffs trimmed richly, with Flowers and spangles, spangled shoes, Bows of Gause and Flowers, and a Cap!

2. (now historical) A necklace of beads, pearls etc. [from 19th c.]
3. (now rare) A state of careless undress or very informal attire. [from 19th c.]
4. A woman's loose-fitting nightgown, especially when short, lacy and/or revealing; a nightie. [from 19th c.]
   • 2000 July 3, “No: 1669 Mongolia”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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?

Translations

nightgown

• Bulgarian: неглиже n (negliže), пеньоар (bg) m (penjoar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女便服 (nǚbiànfú), 晨衣 (zh) (chényī)

• Czech: negližé (cs) n
• Dutch: negligé (nl) n
• Estonian: negližee
• Finnish: neglige
• French: nuisette (fr) f, négligé (fr) m
• German: Negligé (de) n
• Greek: νεγκλιζέ (el) n (negklizé)
• Hungarian: neglizsé (hu)
• Japanese: ネグリジェ (ja) (negurije)
• Polish: negliż (pl) m
• Portuguese: camisola (pt) f
• Russian: неглиже́ (ru) n (negližé)
• Slovak: negližé n
• Spanish: camisón de encaje m, picardías (es) m
• Swedish: negligé (sv) c
• Turkish: neglije

Further reading

• négligée on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne.ɡli.ʒe/

Adjective

négligée

1. feminine singular of négligé

Participle

négligée f sg

1. feminine singular of négligé

Further reading

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