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skirt (English)

Etymology

From - en - lang=non, from - skurtijōn|lang=en. Compare - shirt.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: ɜː(r)t

Noun

An article of clothing, usually worn by woman|women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.

* - O. Henry, The Purple Dress:

*: "I like purple best," said Maida. "And old Schlegel has promised to make it for $8. It's going to be lovely. I'm going to have a plaited skirt and a blouse coat trimmed with a band of galloon under a white cloth collar with two rows of—"

The part of a dress or robe that hangs below the waist.

* 1885,

Ada S. Ballin

, The Science of Dress in Theory and Practice, Chapter XI:

*: The petticoats and skirts ordinarily worn are decidedly the heaviest part of the dress ; hence it is necessary that some reform should be effected in these.

A woman.

* 1931,

Robert E. Howard

, Alleys of Peril:

*: "Mate," said the Cockney, after we'd finished about half the bottle, "it comes to me that we're a couple o' blightin' idjits to be workin' for a skirt."

*: "What d'ya mean?" I asked, taking a pull at the bottle.

*: "Well, 'ere's us, two red-blooded 'e-men, takin' orders from a lousy little frail, 'andin' the swag h'over to 'er, and takin' wot she warnts to 'and us, w'en we could 'ave the 'ole lot. Take this job 'ere now--"

A part that serves as a border or edging.

Usage notes

article of clothing

It was formerly common to speak of “skirts” (plural) rather than “a skirt”. In some cases this served to emphasize an array of skirts of underskirts, or of pleats and folds in a single skirt; in other cases it made little or no difference in meaning.

Derived terms

rah-rah_skirt

Translations

clothing

Arabiska - تنورة

Baluchi - دامن|tr=dáman

Vitryska - спадніца

Bosnian - suknja|f

Bulgariska - пола

Katalanska - faldilla

Chamicuro - ita'la

Chinese:

: Mandarin - 裙子|tr=qúnzi|sc=Hani, - 裙|tr=qún|sc=Hani

Kroatiska - suknja

Tjeckiska - sukně

Danska - nederdel

, skørt

Holländska - rok

Esperanto - jupo|xs=Esperanto

Estniska - hõlm

Faroese - skjúrt|n

Finska - hame

Franska - jupe

Galiciska - saia

Tyska - Rock

Grekiska - φούστα

Hebrew - חצאית|f

Hindiska - स्कर्ट

Ungerska - szoknya

, alj

Isländska - pils

Ido - jupo|xs=Ido

Italienska - gonna

Japanska - スカート

Koreanska - 치마

Macedonian: здолниште {{n

, здолница

colloquial

Maltese: dublett

Navajo - tłʼaakał

Norska - skjørt

Old English: scyrte

Persiska - دامن

, دامن دوخت

Polska - spódnica

Portugisiska - saia

Romani - rotya|f

Ryska - юбка

Serbian:

: Cyrillic: сукња#Serbian|сукња

suknja {{f

Slovakiska - sukňa

Slovenska - krilo

Spanish: falda - Costa Rica|Nicaragua, pollera - Chile|Paraguay|Uruguay, saya

Cuba

Svenska - kjol

Taos: yúwolaną

Telugu: పరికిణి (parikiNi)

Thailändska - กระโปรง

Turkiska - etek

Ukrainska - спідниця

Urdu - سکرٹ|f|tr=skarṭ|sc=ur-Arab

Vietnamesiska - váy

Volapük - juüp

part of dress

Katalanska - faldilla

Kroatiska - suknja

Tjeckiska - sukně

Danska - nederdel

Holländska - rok

Esperanto - jupo|xs=Esperanto

Faroese - niðurpartur|m

Finska - hame

Franska - jupe

Tyska - Rock

Grekiska - φούστα

Ungerska - alj

Interlingua: gonna

Italienska - gonna

Luxembourgish - Jupe|f

Maltese: dublett

Norska - skjørt

Old English: læppa

Portugisiska - saia

Ryska - юбка

Spanish: falda - Costa Rica|Nicaragua, pollera - Chile|Paraguay|Uruguay, saya

Cuba

Svenska - kjol

Volapük - juüp

something resembling a skirt

Kroatiska - suknja

Finska - hame

Franska - jupe

German: Rock , Schurz ,

Luxembourgish - Jupe|f

Portugisiska - saia

Ryska - юбка

slang for woman

Bosnian - žena|f

Bulgariska - фуста

Kroatiska - žena

Czech: ženská

Finska - hame

German: Rock , Weiberrock

Grekiska - ποδόγυρος

, φουστάνι

Portugisiska - rabo-de-saia

Ryska - юбка

Serbian:

: Cyrillic: жена#Serbian|жена

žena {{f

Svenska - kjoltyg

border

Finska - reunus

, helma

Tyska - Saum

Portugisiska - borda

Ryska - граница

(probably for definition 1)

Afrikaans: rok

Albanian: fund

Arabic:

التنورة

Azeri: yubka

Basque: gona

Bulgarian: пола (pola)

Catalan: faldilla

Estonian: seelik

West Frisian: jûpe

Galician: iochdar

עָקַף {{m

Hindi: स्कर्ट (skart.a)

Indonesian: rok

Irish: sciorta

Lithuanian: sijonas

Mongolian: банзал (banzal)

Norska - skjørt

Papiamentu: saya

Persian:

دامن_دوخت

Romanian: pulpană

Slovak: bočnica

Swahili: skati ( nc 9/10)

Tagalog: saya

Thai:

กระโปรง

(grà-bpronge)

Turkish: etek

Ukrainian: спідниця (spidnýcja)

Vietnamese: vạt_áo

Welsh: sgert

Yiddish: קליידל (kleidel)

Zulu: ingubo

Verb

To be on or form the border of.

To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.

* 1922, - Jacob's Room Chapter 1

*: An enormous man and woman (it was early-closing day) were stretched motionless, with their heads on pocket-handkerchiefs, side by side, within a few feet of the sea, while two or three gulls gracefully skirted the incoming waves, and settled near their boots.

Related terms

skirting-board

outskirt

Translations

to be on or from the border of

Bosnian: graničiti_se

Holländska - begrenzen

Finska - ympäröidä

, reunustaa

German: umgehen, umrunden

Interlingua: costear, contornar

Portuguese: rodear, contornar