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Lingerie Pronunciation
Lingerie is pronounced LAHN-zher-ay, IPA /ˈlɑnʒɝˌeɪ/.
LAHN-zher-ay
US /ˈlɑnʒɝˌeɪ/ · UK /ˈlɒnʒəˌri/
Syllables: LAHN · zher · ay (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: Women's underwear and nightclothes, especially the more delicate kind.
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Lingerie in a Sentence
- The lingerie department is on the second floor.
- She designs lingerie for a small label.
- A drawer of folded lingerie sat open.
Common Mispronunciations of Lingerie
Not LIN-juh-ree
The g holds the soft zh of measure and vision, not the j of jam, because the word came straight from French.
Not lan-zhuh-REE
American English leads at the front and closes on ay, which is further from the French than the British version is.
Tip: British speakers end on ree and Americans on ray, and neither matches the French, which stresses nothing in particular.
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