peignoir

Questions about peignoir

What does peignoir mean?

peignoir means "a loose dressing gown for women".

How many syllables are in peignoir?

peignoir has 2 syllables and divides as peig-noir under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for peignoir?

Close synonyms include negligee, neglige, wrapper, housecoat. 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 peignoir a common word?

peignoir 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.