prêt-à-porter

English

Etymology

1957, reborrowed from French prêt-à-porter (1951), itself a calque of English ready-to-wear.[1]

Adjective

prêt-à-porter (not comparable)

  1. ready-to-wear

Usage notes

Synonymous with ready-to-wear, of which it is a reborrowing, but somewhat more upscale, due to prestige of French.[1]

References
  1. The Oxford Guide to Etymology, by Philip Durkin, 5. Lexical borrowing, 5.1 Basic concepts and terminology, pp. 213

Anagrams

French

Etymology

1951, calque of English ready-to-wear.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁɛ.t‿a.pɔʁ.te/

Noun

prêt-à-porter m (plural prêts-à-porter)

  1. ready-to-wear clothing, off-the-rack clothing, off-the-peg clothing
    • 1951, Le Figaro, 28 Dec 1951, p.3, col. 6:[1]
      Salon du prêt-à-porter. Entre le prêt à porter et le sur-mesures classique un des plus grands tailleurs de Paris a lancé une formule inédite pour hommes.

Descendants

References
  1. “prêt-à-porter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
  2. The Oxford Guide to Etymology, by Philip Durkin, 5. Lexical borrowing, 5.1 Basic concepts and terminology, pp. 213
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