undergarment

English

Etymology

under- +‎ garment

Noun

undergarment (plural undergarments)

Any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin; an item of underwear.
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
  Richard DeLongpre: Are you okay, my boy angel?
  
  Allen Gregory DeLongpre: I have a broken heart. And undergarments filled with my own unruly waste.
(religion, in the plural) Temple garments worn by the followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Synonyms

(temple garments): Jesus jammies

Translations

any garment worn underneath others

Dutch: onderkledingstuk
Finnish: alusvaate (fi)
French: sous-vêtement (fr) m
Greek: εσώρουχο (el) n (esóroucho)

Hungarian: alsónemű (hu), fehérnemű (hu)
Irish: ball fo-éadaigh m, fo-éadaí m pl (undergarments)
Manx: fo-gharmad m
Welsh: crys (cy) m

See also

undergarment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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