maillot

English

WOTD – 8 March 2012

Etymology

Borrowed from French maillot (“shirt, leotard”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /mæˈjoʊ/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: (US) -oʊ

Noun

maillot (plural maillots)

A one-piece swimsuit (for women)
A leotard or tights of stretchable jersey fabric, generally worn by dancers, gymnasts or cyclists.

Synonyms

(leotard): leotard, tights

Translations

one-piece swimsuit

Bulgarian: бански костюм m (banski kostjum)
Finnish: kokouimapuku (fi)
Portuguese: maiô (pt) m

leotard or tights of stretchable jersey fabric

Bulgarian: трико n (triko)
Portuguese: maiô (pt) m

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French maillot (“shirt, leotard”).

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Hyphenation: mail‧lot
Rhymes: -oː

Noun

maillot n or m (plural maillots, diminutive maillotje n)

maillot

French

Etymology

From Old French mailloel, from maille.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.jo/
audio (file)

Noun

maillot m (plural maillots)

(clothing) vest
leotard (of a dancer); shirt, jersey (of a footballer); singlet (of a runner; of a basketball player)
Synonyms: t-shirt, tricot, tricot de peau

Un maillot de danseuse. ― A dancer's leotard.
(cosmetics) bikini line
Se faire épiler le maillot. ― To wax one's bikini line.
(historical, obsolete) swaddling clothes
Un enfant au maillot. ― A child in swaddling clothes.

Derived terms

démailloter
emmailloter
emmaillotter
maillot blanc
maillot de bain
maillot de corps
maillot jaune
maillot une pièce
maillot vert
porte-maillot
réemmailloter
sous-maillot
succès de maillot

Descendants

→ Catalan: mallot
→ Dutch: maillot
→ English: maillot
→ Greek: μαγιό (magió)
Haitian Creole: mayo
→ Hijazi Arabic: مايوه (māyō)
→ Portuguese: maiô
→ Romanian: maiou, maieu
→ Spanish: maillot
→ Turkish: mayo
→ Vietnamese: áo may ô, may ô

Further reading

“maillot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

French maillot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maiˈʝot/ [mai̯ˈʝot̪]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /maiˈʎot/ [mai̯ˈʎot̪]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maiˈʃot/ [mai̯ˈʃot̪]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maiˈʒot/ [mai̯ˈʒot̪]

- Rhymes: -ot
- Syllabification: mai‧llot

IPA^(key): (nonstandard, most of Spain and Latin America) /maˈʝo/ [maˈʝo]
IPA^(key): (nonstandard, rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /maˈʎo/ [maˈʎo]
IPA^(key): (nonstandard, Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈʃo/ [maˈʃo]
IPA^(key): (nonstandard, elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʒo/ [maˈʒo]

Noun

maillot m (plural maillots)

jersey

Derived terms

maillot amarillo

Further reading

“maillot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Diccionario panhispánico de dudas (DPD) (en línea), 2.ª edición (versión provisional).

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