peignoir

English

a 1960s peignoir

Etymology

Borrowed from French peignoir.

Pronunciation

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Noun

peignoir (plural peignoirs)

1. A long outer garment for women, usually sheer and made of chiffon and often sold with matching nightgown, negligee or underwear
2. A cape worn to protect the clothes at the barbers / hairdressers

Translations

a long outer garment for women

• Arabic: بَنْوَار m (banwār)
• Armenian: պենուար (hy) (penuar)
• Belarusian: пеньюа́р m (pjenʹjuár), пэньюа́р m (penʹjuár)
• Bulgarian: пеньоа́р (bg) m (penjoár)
• Dutch: peignoir (nl) m
• French: peignoir (fr) m
• Georgian: პენუარი (ṗenuari)
• German: Peignoir m
• Greek: πενιουάρ (el) n (peniouár), πενουάρ (el) n (penouár)
• Hungarian: háziköntös (hu)
• Japanese: ペニョワール (penyowāru)
• Korean: 페뉴아르 (penyuareu)
• Macedonian: пењоа́р m (penjoár)
• Polish: peniuar (pl) m
• Russian: пеньюа́р (ru) m (penʹjuár)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пењо̀а̄р m

  Roman: penjòār (sh) m

• Swedish: peignoir (sv) c
• Ukrainian: пеньюа́р m (penʹjuár)

French

Etymology

From peigner (“to comb”) +‎ -oir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.ɲwaʁ/, /pe.ɲwaʁ/

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• Rhymes: -waʁ

Noun

peignoir m (plural peignoirs)

1. cape (long light clothing used to protect the clothes in e.g. a barber)
2. bathrobe, dressing gown

   Synonym: robe de chambre

3. nightdress

   Synonym: robe de nuit

Descendants

• → English: peignoir
• → Italian: peignoir
• → Russian: пеньюа́р (penʹjuár)

Further reading

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