lingerie

Questions about lingerie

What does lingerie mean?

lingerie means "women's underwear and nightclothes".

How many syllables are in lingerie?

lingerie has 3 syllables: lin-ge-rie. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /ˈlɑnʒɚˌeɪ/.

What is another word for lingerie?

Close synonyms include intimate apparel. 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 lingerie a common word?

lingerie is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lingerie?

16 words rhyme with lingerie. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.