underwear
English
/ˈʌndɚˌwɛɹ/, /ˈʌndəwɛə/
noun
Definitions
- Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
- (colloquial) Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and often bras.
Etymology
Prefix from English wear (guard).
Origin
English
wear
Gloss
guard
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
💂 💂♀️ 💂♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiwear English
- edgewear English
- forwear English
- macrowear English
- microwear English
- miswear English
- netherwear English
- outwear English
- overwear English
- rewear English
- treadwear English
- underweared English
- underwearless English
- underwearlessness English
- usewear English
- wear English
- wearability English
- wearable English
- wearer English
- wearest English
- weareth English
- wearout English
- wearproof English
- Unterwäsche German
- Wäsche German
- goed Dutch, Flemish
- onder Dutch, Flemish
- ondergoed Dutch, Flemish
- ウエア Japanese
- weren Middle English
- werim Tok Pisin
- waere Pennsylvania German