Dictionary

millinery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/ (US)
• /ˈmɪl.ɪ.nɚ.i/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From milliner + -y (nominalizer).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Women's hats.
   • The show is worth watching for Agnes van Rhijn’s withering propriety and Bertha Russell’s dresses and millinery alone. 2025 August 10, Molly Jong-Fast, “Donald Trump, Julian Fellowes and the Gilded Age Finale”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
2. (countable) A shop selling women's hats.
3. (uncountable) The business and work that a milliner engages in.
   • They used to tell one about a kid asking his grumpy old man when they were walking to the park, "What's the name of this flower, Papa?" And the old guy is peevish and he yells, "How should I know? Am I in the milinery business?" 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 471:

Forms

Hypernyms

hatmaking

Relateds

haberdashery

Translations (11)

de Boutique (A shop with women's hats) · bg дамски шапки (Women's hats) · de Modewarengeschäft (A shop with women's hats) · es boneteria (A shop with women's hats) · de Hutmacherei (The business and work that a milliner engages in) · ga siopa hataí (A shop with women's hats) · ga haitéireacht (The business and work that a milliner engages in) · bg шапкарство (The business and work that a milliner engages in) · de Modewaren (A shop with women's hats) · de Hutgeschäft (A shop with women's hats) · ga hataí ban (Women's hats)