blouse

blouse  (blous, blouz)

n.

1. A woman's or child's loosely fitting shirt that extends to the waist or slightly below. See Regional 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 U.S. 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

Noun

1. a woman's shirtlike garment

2. a waist-length belted jacket worn by soldiers

Verb

[blousing, bloused]

to hang or cause to hang in full loose folds [French]

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"

Translations

blouse [blauz] n → blusa

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blouse [blauz] n (= feminine garment) → chemisier m, corsage m

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blouse [blauz] n → Bluse f

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blouse [blauz] n → camicetta

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blouse

n blouse [blauz]

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