bandeau

Other forms of bandeau

plural

bandeaux

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bandeau

What does bandeau mean?

bandeau means "an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts".

How many syllables are in bandeau?

bandeau has 3 syllables: ban-de-au. The stress falls on "ban".

What is another word for bandeau?

Close synonyms include brassiere, bra. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bandeau a common word?

bandeau is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.