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corsage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɔɹˈsɑʒ/ (US)
• /kɔːˈsɑːʒ/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krep-der. Proto-Italic *korpos Latin corpus Old French cors Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French corsagebor. English corsage Borrowed from French corsage.

Meanings

1. A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
   • Here, I got a corsage for you to give to Jenna. I don't know if kids still do corsages. I always got ones for Darius' girlfriends. This one is made with lilies. 2025, S.E. Case, chapter 1, in Rigsby WI, volume 1: Foothold, →ISBN, retrieved 28 Aug 2025, page 82:
   • Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage? 2011, “The Weekend” (32:42 from the start), in Homeland, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes):
2. (historical) The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
   • She now selected a slinky garment, composed of what male writers call “some soft, clinging material,” with a corsage which outlined her figure and a skirt which waved tempestuously around her ankles. 1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XVIII, in Have His Carcase:
3. (obsolete) The size or shape of a person's body.

Forms

Relateds

posy · bouquet · nosegay

Translations (11)

fr corsage (bodice of a woman's dress) · ja コサージュ (small bouquet of flowers) · bg корсаж (bodice of a woman's dress) · id korsase (small bouquet of flowers) · ja コルサージュ (bodice of a woman's dress) · fr petit bouquet (small bouquet of flowers) · ja コサージュ (bodice of a woman's dress) · ja コルサージュ (small bouquet of flowers) · id korsase (bodice of a woman's dress) · pt corpete (bodice of a woman's dress) · es corpiño (bodice of a woman's dress)