leotard

English

A gymnast in a sleeveless leotard.

Etymology

After the French acrobat Jules Léotard.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ə.tɑːd/, /ˈlɪə.tɑːd/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ə.tɑːɹd/
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

Noun

leotard (plural leotards)

A skin-tight one-piece garment with or without sleeves and no legs, often worn by dancers, acrobats etc.

Derived terms

Translations

skin-tight one piece suit of clothing

Chinese:
Mandarin: 緊身衣, 紧身衣 (jǐnshēnyī)
Czech: body (cs) n
Finnish: trikoot pl, voimistelupuku
French: justaucorps (fr) m
German: Leotard n
Greek: κορμάκι (el) n (kormáki)

Ido: malyoto (io)
Italian: body (it) m, calzamaglia f
Japanese: レオタード (reotādo)
Portuguese: malha (pt) f, collant (pt) m
Russian: леота́рд (ru) m (leotárd), трико́ (ru) n (trikó)
Spanish: leotardo (es) m

Further reading

leotard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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