Meaning

3 senses
  1. A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.

    Leibchen, Mieder, Kamisol

    камисо́льkamisólʹ

    камісо́льkamisólʹ

    a short sleeveless undergarment for women

  2. (dated)A straitjacket.

  3. (historical)A light jacket with sleeves.

    камзо́лkamzól

    камзо́лkamzól

Examples

2 sentences
  1. You should compliment it with a white camisole.

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  2. Some school uniforms incorporate a white camisole into the ensemble.

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
undergarment:
light jacket:
Русский
By meaning 2
undergarment:
light jacket:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
undergarment:

Origin

From French camisole, from Old Occitan camisola, diminutive of camisa (“shirt”).

From French camisole, from Old Occitan camisola, diminutive of camisa (“shirt”).

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Forms

plural: camisoles
Singularcamisole
Pluralcamisoles

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
underbodicenegligee
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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