blouse

blouse

 (blous, blouz)

n.

1. A woman's or child's loosely fitting shirt that extends to the waist or slightly below. See Note at greasy.

2. A loosely fitting garment resembling a long shirt, worn especially by European workmen.

3. The service coat or tunic worn by the members of some branches of the US armed forces.

intr. & tr.v. bloused, blous·ing, blous·es

To hang or cause to hang loosely and fully.

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[French, possibly alteration (influenced by blousse, wool scraps, of Germanic origin) of obsolete French blaude, from Old French bliaut, probably of Germanic origin .]

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blouse

(blaʊz)

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's shirtlike garment made of cotton, nylon, etc

2. (Clothing & Fashion) a loose-fitting smocklike garment, often knee length and belted, worn esp by E European peasants

3. (Military) a loose-fitting waist-length belted jacket worn by soldiers

vb

to hang or make so as to hang in full loose folds

[C19: from French, of unknown origin]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

blouse

(blaʊs, blaʊz)

n., v. bloused, blous•ing. n.

1. a garment, usu. for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves; waist.

2. a single-breasted, semifitted military jacket.

3. a loose outer garment, reaching to the hip or thigh or below the knee, and sometimes belted.

v.i.

4. to puff out in a drooping fullness, as a blouse above a fitted waistband.

v.t.

5. to dispose in loose folds.

[1820–30; < French]

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

blouse

- First a garment, usually belted at the waist, worn by peasants or workmen.

See also related terms for waist.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

blouse

Past participle: bloused
Gerund: blousing

Imperative

blouse

blouse

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

blouse - a top worn by women       garibaldi - a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers guimpe - a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress middy, middy blouse - blouse with a sailor collar neckline - the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck shirtwaist, shirtwaister - a blouse with buttons down the front; "in Britain they call a shirtwaist a shirtwaister" top - a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips; "he stared as she buttoned her top"

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Translations

بُلُوزةصِدْريَّه، بْلوزَه

blůzahalen a

bluse

Bluse

γυναικεία μπλούζα

blusa

naisten paitapuseropaitapusero

chemisiercorsage

bluza

blúz

blússa

blusacamicettagiubbotto

ブラウス

블라우스

palaidinukė

blūze

blousebloes

bluse

bluzabluzka

blusa

блузкаблуза

bluza

blus

เสื้อสตรี

bluz

sơ mi nữ

女人宽松的上衣女衬衫宽大的短外套

blouse

[blaʊz] N

1. (= woman's garment) → blusa f
he's a big girl's blouse → es un mariquita

2. (US) (Mil) → guerrera f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

blouse

[ˈblaʊz] n → chemisier m, corsage m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blouse

n

→ Bluse f

(US Mil) → (Feld)bluse f

(esp US inf) he’s a big girl’s blouse or a bit of a blouse when it comes to pain → bei Schmerzen ist er ein ziemlicher Jammerlappen (inf); you girl’s blouse! → du Weichei! (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

blouse

[blaʊz] n → camicetta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

blouse

(blauz) noun

a woman's (often loose) garment for the upper half of the body. a skirt and blouse. bloese صِدْريَّه، بْلوزَه дамска блуза blusa halen(k)a die Bluse bluse γυναικείο πουκάμισο, μπλούζαblusa pluus پیراهن زنانه pusero chemisier חוּלצַת נָשִׁים ब्लाउज, कुर्ती ženska košulja, bluza blúz blus (kven)blússa camicetta ブラウス 블라우스 palaidinukė blūze balus blouseblusebluzka زنانه یی کمیس blusa bluză блуза blúzka bluza bluza blus เสื้อครึ่งตัวของสตรี bluz 寬大的女短衫 блузка بلاؤز ، عورتوں کی چھوٹی قمیص áo cánh 宽大的短外套，女人宽松的上衣

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

blouse

→ بُلُوزة blůza bluse Bluse γυναικεία μπλούζα blusa naisten paitapusero chemisier bluza camicetta ブラウス 블라우스 blouse bluse bluzka blusa блузка blus เสื้อสตรี bluz sơ mi nữ 女衬衫

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

blouse

n. blusa, corpiño.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

blouse

n blusa

English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.