petticoat

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (historical) A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
2. (historical) A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
3. (historical) A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.
4. (archaic, historical) A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.
5. A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.
6. (slang) A woman.
7. (historical) A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.

Verb

To dress in a petticoat.

Adj

Feminine; female; involving a woman.

Conceptos

enaguas

combinación

enagua

fondo Venezuela

fustán

guardainfante

viso

sayuela

peticote

falda

fondo

Sinónimos

underskirt

slip

skirt

half-slip

apron

female

♀️

garment

ladylike

teddy

woman

👩

womanly

pettiskirt

waist slip

under-skirt

undergown

half slip

camisole

chemise

cloth

coat

🧥

Traducciones

Unterrock

jupon

onderrok

gonnella

sottoveste

anágua

Petticoat

combinaison

μεσοφόρι

sottogonna

cotillon

combinação

onderjurk

μισοφόρι

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: petticote

In summary

From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.