Dictionary

undershirt en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā Old English sċyrte Middle English schirte English shirt English undershirt From under- + shirt.

Meanings

1. An undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless.
   • And she’ll say, “Ooh, look at my baby’s undershirt! What sweet little sockies! What clothesies does my little one want?” ‘All perversion I see! And this lady, doesn’t she have any children?’ 2004 August, Menis Koumandareas, translated by Patricia Felisa Barbeito and Vangelis Calotychos, “Pale Face”, in Their Smell Makes Me Want to Cry (Birmingham Modern Greek Translations; 5), Birmingham, West Midlands: Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, The University of Birmingham, →ISBN, page 19:
   • An undershirt absorbs moisture from your body and equalizes your body temperature. 2009, Peter Jungk, Crossing the Hudson, page 10:

Forms

Deriveds

undershirted

Synonyms

singlet · vest · underbodice · wifebeater

Translations (22)

acw فنيلة (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · nl marcelleke (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · es guardacamisa (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · sv undertröja (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · nl onderhemd (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · hu trikó (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · id kaus dalam (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · hu atlétatrikó (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · da undertrøje (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · es camisola (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · ru ма́йка (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · pl podkoszulek (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · nl onderborstrok (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · ta பனியன் (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · tr atlet (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · la interula (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · fi aluspaita (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · hu atléta (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · acw فلينة (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · ota ترلك (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · es camiseta interior (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless) · hy ներքնաշապիկ (undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless)

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