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blouse

/bˈlaʊs/BLOWS
/bˈlaʊs/BLOWS

Meaningwork smock

Common meaning: loose upper garment

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchbliaussource
  2. Frenchblouse‘a smock-frock’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa smock-frock → loose upper garmentblouse‘loose upper garment’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French bliaus ‘work smock’.

Roots

  • bliaus Old French “work smock”

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