dirndl

See also: Dirndl

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dirndl, from Dirne, which originally referred to a young woman or a girl in the Bavarian dialect.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪəndəɫ]

Noun

A woman dressed in a dirndl

dirndl (plural dirndls)

A traditional Alpine women's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 1, in Crime out of Mind‎:
  On the cover of the leaflet advertising the Alpenrose Gasthof in Zirl am Gurgl […] there is a decorative picture of a young woman. She is wearing Tyrolese costume: the low-cut white bodice with cross-laced velvet waistcoat, the floral apron and dirndl skirt.

Translations

traditional Alpine women's dress

German: Dirndl (de) n
Hungarian: dirndli
Italian: dirndl m, abito tradizionale tirolese m

Japanese: ダーンドル (dāndoru)
Portuguese: dirndl m

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