"undergarment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌʌn.də(ɹ).ˈɡɑɹ.mənt/ [UK], /ˌʌn.dɚ.ˈɡɑɹ.mənt/ [US] Forms: undergarments [plural]
Etymology: From under- + garment. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|garment}} under- + garment Head templates: {{en-noun}} undergarment (plural undergarments)
  1. Any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin; an item of underwear. Categories (topical): Underwear Hyponyms (any garment...): long johns Translations (any garment worn underneath others): долни дрехи (dolni drehi) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), onderkledingstuk (Dutch), subvesto (Esperanto), alusvaate (Finnish), sous-vêtement [masculine] (French), Unterwäsche [feminine] (German), εσώρουχο (esóroucho) [neuter] (Greek), alsónemű (Hungarian), fehérnemű (Hungarian), ball fo-éadaigh [masculine] (Irish), fo-éadaí (english: undergarments) [masculine, plural] (Irish), 下着 (shitagi) (Japanese), ішкі киім (ışkı kiım) (Kazakh), അടിവസ്ത്രം (aṭivastraṁ) (Malayalam), fo-gharmad [masculine] (Manx), bielizna [feminine] (Polish), underplagg [neuter] (Swedish), ชุดชั้นใน (chút-chán-nai) (Thai), crys [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-undergarment-en-noun-~VWhn~A- Disambiguation of Underwear: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'any garment...': 63 37 Disambiguation of 'any garment worn underneath others': 76 24
  2. (religion, in the plural) Temple garments worn by the followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Religion, Clothing Synonyms (temple garments): Jesus jammies
    Sense id: en-undergarment-en-noun-GX0RHyfo Disambiguation of Clothing: 29 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 38 62 Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'temple garments': 11 89

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "any garment worn underneath others",
      "word": "下着"
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      "sense": "any garment worn underneath others",
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