décolletage

See also: decolletage

English

décolletage (sense 1) revealing décolletage (sense 2)

Alternative forms

• decolletage

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-

Middle French des-

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-lbor.

French dé-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.?

Latin collum

Old French col

Middle French col

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Middle French -et

Middle French collet

French collet

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -ier

Middle French -er

French -er

French décolleter

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Old French -age

Middle French -age

French -age

French décolletagebor.

English décolletage

Borrowed from French décolletage.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɒlətɑːʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛkələˈtɑʒ/, /ˌdeɪˌkɑləˈtɑʒ/, (learned) /ˌdeɪ.kɑlˈtɑʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʒ (General American)
• Hyphenation: dé‧colle‧tage

Noun

décolletage (plural décolletages)

2. A low neckline on a woman's dress, especially one that reveals or emphasizes her cleavage.

   Synonyms: décolleté, plunging neckline

4. The portion of a woman's body that is revealed by a low neckline; the upper chest, as well, sometimes, as the neck, and shoulders.

   Meronym: cleavage

   • 2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 450:

     I visualized businessmen trying to see the tops of her stockings or into the valley of her décolletage as she bent to put drinks on a table.

   • 2014, Harold Lancer, Younger: The Breakthrough Anti-Aging Method for Radiant Skin:

     If you want to continue wearing low-cut necklines and avoid having to rely on turtlenecks and scarves to hide your neck, you have to take care of the delicate skin below your jawline, namely your neck and décolletage.

Related terms

• décolleté (adjective)

Translations

low neckline

• Catalan: escot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 低胸裝 / 低胸装 (dīxiōngzhuāng)

• Czech: výstřih (cs), dekolt m
• French: décolletage (fr) m, décolleté (fr) m
• German: Dekolleté (de) n
• Greek: ντεκολτέ (el) n (ntekolté)
• Hebrew: דקולטה (he) m
• Hungarian: dekoltázs (hu)
• Italian: scollatura (it)
• Japanese: デコルタージュ (dekorutājyu)
• Macedonian: деколте́ n (dekolté)
• Polish: dekolt (pl) m, głęboki dekolt m (low-cut one)
• Portuguese: decote (pt) m
• Romanian: decolteu (ro) n
• Russian: декольте́ (ru) n (dekolʹtɛ́)
• Spanish: escote (es) m
• Swedish: urringning (sv) c, dekolletage (sv) n

French

Etymology

From décolleter +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.kɔl.taʒ/

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Noun

décolletage m (plural décolletages)

1. neckline, décolletage
2. (aeronautics) undercutting
3. (agriculture) topping

Further reading

• “décolletage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012