tuxedo

Meaning

1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
2. The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of tuxedo cat.

Synonyms

dinner jacket

tux

black tie

dinner-jacket

jacket

overcoat

parka

smoking jacket

tailcoat

topcoat

dinner suit

penguin suit

cloak

coat

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Translations

smoking

Smoking

σμόκιν

smokin

smoking

smoking

smoking

esmoquin

smoking

Tuxedo

esmòquing

Abendanzug

dinner jacket

البدلة الرسميّة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʌkˈsidoʊ/

Etymology

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").