• Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: corset 'stays'


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch ... ... '...' '...' ...
English corset 13th c. 1. 'a close-fitting body garment, esp. a laced bodice worn by women in the middle ages and still in many countries, also a similar garment formerly worn by men', 2. 'a closely-fitting inner bodice stiffened with whale-bones or the like and fastened by lacing, worn chiefly by women to give shape and support to the figure, stays' '...' OED
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Korsett 18th c. 'stays' (old-fashioned) '...' Birken-Silvermann 2003: 137
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian corsetto 13th c., 19th c. 'corsage' 'iron stays' (13th c.) Birken-Silvermann 2003: 137
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...

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