"three-piece suit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: three-piece suits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} three-piece suit (plural three-piece suits)
  1. A suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat. Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms: 3-piece suit Related terms: one-piece, two-piece, three-piece suite Translations (suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat): tern [masculine] (Catalan), 三件套西裝 (Chinese Mandarin), 三件套西装 (sānjiàntào xīzhuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), driedelig pak [neuter] (Dutch), liivipuku (Finnish), costume trois pièces [masculine] (French), háromrészes öltöny (Hungarian), completo [masculine] (Italian), костюм-тройка (kostjum-trojka) [masculine] (Russian), terno [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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