"bodice" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɒdɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbɑdɪs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-bodice.wav Forms: bodices [plural]
Etymology: From bodies, plural of body (“upper part of a dress”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} bodice (plural bodices), {{term-label|en|fashion}} (fashion)
  1. A sleeveless shirt for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves. Hyponyms (sleeveless shirt for women): jelick (english: Ottoman Turkish version), dudou (english: Chinese version), yem (english: Chinese version in Vietnamese contexts), angiya (english: Indian Muslim version), jumps (english: obsolete European version) Meronyms (sleeveless shirt for women): plastron (english: decorated front area) Translations (sleeveless garment covering body from neck to waist): елече (eleče) (Bulgarian), cosset [masculine] (Catalan), živůtek [masculine] (Czech), kledingstuk (Dutch), korsaĵo (Esperanto), liivi (Finnish), toppi (Finnish), corpiño [masculine] (Galician), body (Hungarian), bodi (Hungarian), corpino [masculine] (Italian), یلک (yalak) (Persian), liv [neuter] (Swedish), snörliv [neuter] (Swedish), yelek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bodice-en-noun-ARhIiqdI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 31 9 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 31 8 34 Topics: fashion, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'sleeveless shirt for women': 38 29 13 20 Disambiguation of 'sleeveless shirt for women': 38 29 13 20 Disambiguation of 'sleeveless garment covering body from neck to waist': 49 27 12 12
  2. Blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or European folk costume. Categories (topical): Clothing, Fashion Meronyms (upper part of a dress): robing (english: decorative trim) Translations (blouse-like garment in European folk dress): cosset [masculine] (Catalan), lijfje [neuter] (Dutch), liivi (Finnish), corsage [masculine] (French), corpiño [masculine] (Galician), Mieder [neuter] (German), pruszlik (Hungarian), vállfűző (Hungarian), corpetto [masculine] (Italian), liv (Norwegian), corpiño [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bodice-en-noun-UAyHWHYN Disambiguation of Clothing: 26 56 0 18 Disambiguation of Fashion: 24 47 9 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 31 9 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 31 8 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 41 3 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 45 7 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 22 45 9 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 49 5 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 42 18 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 44 6 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 22 44 4 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 44 5 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 43 8 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 23 44 5 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 43 6 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 44 11 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 44 5 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 22 49 5 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 22 49 5 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 25 44 6 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 49 5 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 44 4 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 46 4 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 44 5 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 24 44 5 27 Topics: fashion, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'upper part of a dress': 0 61 39 0 Disambiguation of 'blouse-like garment in European folk dress': 5 77 13 4
  3. The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt. Translations (upper portion of one- or two-piece dress): yläosa (Finnish), toppi (Finnish), corpiño [masculine] (Galician), blúz (Hungarian), felső (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-bodice-en-noun-8iYv4-Hp Topics: fashion, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'upper portion of one- or two-piece dress': 3 31 64 2
  4. Underbodice: an undershirt for women, (archaic) particularly a corset or other undershirt stiffened with whalebone. Hyponyms (undershirt for women): underbodice Translations (kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone): корса́ж (korsáž) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ရင်ခံ (ranghkam) (Burmese), ရင်စည်း (rangcany:) (Burmese), lijfje (Dutch), keurslijf (Dutch), korsetti (Finnish), corsage [masculine] (French), míder (Hungarian), fűző (Hungarian), corpetto [masculine] (Italian), ņieburs [masculine] (Latvian), corpete [masculine] (Portuguese), корса́ж (korsáž) [masculine] (Russian), корсе́т (korsét) [masculine] (Russian), jubón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bodice-en-noun-g7z9fSmV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 31 9 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 29 5 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 31 8 34 Topics: fashion, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'undershirt for women': 23 22 11 44 Disambiguation of 'kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone': 4 14 3 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boddice [archaic] Hyponyms (sleeved shirt for women): blouse Derived forms: bodiced, bodice ripper, bodice-ripper, bodiceripper, bodice ripping, bodice-rippery, bodice-ripping, liberty bodice, overbodice, Watteau bodice
Disambiguation of 'sleeved shirt for women': 33 31 14 22

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "елече"
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      "word": "korsaĵo"
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      "word": "liivi"
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      "word": "toppi"
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      "sense": "sleeveless garment covering body from neck to waist",
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      "word": "corpiño"
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      "sense": "sleeveless garment covering body from neck to waist",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sleeveless garment covering body from neck to waist",
      "word": "bodi"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sleeveless garment covering body from neck to waist",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "corpino"
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      "sense": "sleeveless garment covering body from neck to waist",
      "word": "یلک"
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      "word": "liv"
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      "word": "yelek"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "blouse-like garment in European folk dress",
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      "word": "Mieder"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "blouse-like garment in European folk dress",
      "word": "pruszlik"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "blouse-like garment in European folk dress",
      "word": "vállfűző"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "blouse-like garment in European folk dress",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "corpetto"
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      "sense": "blouse-like garment in European folk dress",
      "word": "liv"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "blouse-like garment in European folk dress",
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      "word": "corpiño"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "upper portion of one- or two-piece dress",
      "word": "yläosa"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "upper portion of one- or two-piece dress",
      "word": "toppi"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "upper portion of one- or two-piece dress",
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      "word": "blúz"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "upper portion of one- or two-piece dress",
      "word": "felső"
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      "roman": "korsáž",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "корса́ж"
    },
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      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "ranghkam",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "word": "ရင်ခံ"
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      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "rangcany:",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "word": "ရင်စည်း"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "word": "lijfje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "word": "keurslijf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "word": "korsetti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "corsage"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "word": "míder"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "word": "fűző"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corpetto"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ņieburs"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "corpete"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "korsáž",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "корса́ж"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "korsét",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "корсе́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jubón"
    }
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    "bodice"
  ],
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}

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