modiste
English
Etymology
From FrenchCategory:English terms derived from French#MODISTE modisteCategory:English undefined derivations#MODISTE. Compare modist.
Pronunciation
Noun
modiste (plural modistes)Category:English lemmas#MODISTECategory:English nouns#MODISTECategory:English countable nouns#MODISTECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MODISTECategory:Pages with entries#MODISTECategory:Pages with 5 entries#MODISTE
- A person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats. [from 19th c.]
- 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- All the colours of the rainbow, materialised by modistes, were there.Category:English terms with quotations#MODISTE
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 46:
- Her dresses – about 150 each year – are made by Rose Bertin, an expensive but necessary modiste with premises on the rue Saint-Honoré.Category:English terms with quotations#MODISTE
Translations
Anagrams
Category:en:Occupations#MODISTEDutch
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from French#MODISTECategory:Dutch terms derived from French#MODISTE modiste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːˈdist/, /ˌmoːˈdɪs.tə/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#MODISTE
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#MODISTEAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: mo‧dis‧te
Noun
modiste f (plural modistes, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#MODISTECategory:Dutch nouns#MODISTECategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#MODISTECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#MODISTECategory:Dutch feminine nouns#MODISTECategory:Pages with entries#MODISTECategory:Pages with 5 entries#MODISTE
- (datedCategory:Dutch dated terms#MODISTE) a fashion saleswoman, a female modiste
Descendants
- → Indonesian: modiste
French
Etymology
From mode + -isteCategory:French terms suffixed with -iste#MODISTE.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ.dist/Category:French 2-syllable words#MODISTECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#MODISTE
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#MODISTEAudio: (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#MODISTEAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#MODISTEAudio (France (Somain)): (file) - Rhymes: -istCategory:Rhymes:French/ist#MODISTE
Noun
modiste m or f by sense (plural modistes)Category:French lemmas#MODISTECategory:French nouns#MODISTECategory:French countable nouns#MODISTECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#MODISTECategory:French masculine and feminine nouns by sense#MODISTECategory:French masculine nouns#MODISTECategory:French feminine nouns#MODISTECategory:French nouns with multiple genders#MODISTECategory:Pages with entries#MODISTECategory:Pages with 5 entries#MODISTE
Further reading
- “modiste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Indonesian
Etymology
From DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#MODISTECategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#MODISTE modiste, from FrenchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from French#MODISTE modiste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [moˈdɪstə]Category:Indonesian 3-syllable words#MODISTECategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#MODISTE
- Hyphenation: mo‧dis‧tê
Noun
modistê (plural modiste-modiste)Category:Indonesian lemmas#MODISTECategory:Indonesian nouns#MODISTECategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#MODISTECategory:Pages with entries#MODISTECategory:Pages with 5 entries#MODISTE
- modiste, a person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats
Further reading
- “modiste”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
Noun
modiste fCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#MODISTECategory:Italian noun forms#MODISTECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#MODISTECategory:Pages with entries#MODISTECategory:Pages with 5 entries#MODISTE