tuxedo

Significat (Anglès)

1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
2. The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.
3. Ellipsis of tuxedo cat.

Sinònims

dinner jacket

tux

black tie

dinner-jacket

jacket

overcoat

parka

smoking jacket

tailcoat

topcoat

dinner suit

penguin suit

cloak

coat

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/tʌkˈsidoʊ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Tuxedo Park, New York, USA, 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").