Meaning

2 senses
  1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men.

    He wore a tuxedo for his sister's wedding.

    His mom bought a tuxedo for him.

    Smoking, Tuxedo, Abendanzug

    смо́кингsmóking, смо́кингsmóking

    смо́кінгsmókinh

  2. The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.

More definitions
  • semiformal evening dress for men

Examples

34 sentences
  1. Tom is wearing a black tuxedo.

    Том у чорному смокінгу.

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  2. Tom bought himself a tuxedo.

    Том купив собі смокінг.

    ruТом купил себе смокинг.

    deTom kaufte sich einen Smoking.

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  3. I've never worn a tuxedo.

    Я жодного разу не одягав смокінг.

    ruЯ ни разу не надевал смокинг.

    deIch habe nie einen Smoking getragen.

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  4. Tom walked in wearing a tuxedo.

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  5. You need to wear a tuxedo.

    ruТебе нужно надеть смокинг.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
formal jacket:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
formal jacket:
formal suit:

Origin

From Tuxedo Park, New York, US, where the fashion is often said to have originated, the vi

From Tuxedo Park, New York, US, where the fashion is often said to have originated, the village in turn likely from an Eastern Algonquian language (Munsee), from Lenape, tucsedo or p'tuxseepu, ("crooked water" or "crooked river").

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Forms

plural: tuxedos / tuxedoes
Singulartuxedo
Pluraltuxedos / tuxedoes

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
formal jacket:dinner jacket
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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