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lavaliere en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌlæv.əˈlɪɹ/
  • /ˌlɑv-/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French lavallière.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Worn on the chest.
    • a lavaliere microphone

Forms

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Relateds

lavalier microphone

lavaliere en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌlæv.əˈlɪɹ/
  • /ˌlɑv-/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French lavallière.

Meanings

  1. A pussy bow.
  2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of lavalier (“a pendant on a chain”).
    alt of lavalier
    • Slipping off the cover of her box, Beth uttered a low cry of amazement and admiration. Then she held up a dainty lavalliere, with a pendant containing a superb pearl. 1914, Edith Van Dyne [pseudonym: Lyman Frank Baum], chapter XV, in Aunt Jane’s Nieces Out West, Chicago,: The Reilly & Britton Co.:

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lavalieres Number=Plur lexicographic