charmeuse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French charmeuse.

Noun

charmeuse (countable and uncountable, plural charmeuses)

A fine semi-lustrous crepe in satin weave.
- 2013, A. Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley 2014, p. 359:
  One evening Edith outshone herself, wearing a smartly tailored black charmeuse dress designed especially for her by Worth, the leading Paris designer, and a pair of gold slippers […]

Translations

crepe in satin weave

Japanese: シャルムーズ (sharumūzu)

Swedish: charmeuse (sv)

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

charmeuse f (plural charmeuses)

feminine equivalent of charmeur

Adjective

charmeuse

feminine singular of charmeur

Further reading

“charmeuse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

marcheuse

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