English

Alternative forms

• negligee
• negligée

Noun

négligée ‎(plural négligées)

1. (obsolete) A light women's gown.
2. A woman's loose-fitting nightgown, especially when short, lacy and/or revealing; a nightie.
   • 2000, The Guardian, 4 July 2000:

     Enkhbayar has promised more jobs, free education and higher public service wages to the poverty-ravaged country. But who needs those when you've got dancing girls in black negligees?

Translations

See also

• négligée on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne.ɡli.ʒe/

Adjective

négligée

1. feminine singular of négligé

Verb

négligée f

1. feminine singular of the past participle of négliger