She was wearing a white petticoat.
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Petticoat
//ˈpɛt.ɪ.koʊt//
Synonyms for "petticoat" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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1 entriesderived
14 entriesderived from
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1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
51 translations across 31 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- শায়া noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фу́ста noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 襯裙 /衬裙 noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Czech
1 entries- spodnička noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Danish
2 entries- underkjole noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- underskørt noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Esperanto
1 entries- subjupo noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Finnish
1 entries- alushame noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
French
3 entries- combinaison noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- cotillon noun (historical: ornamental skirt or underskirt)
- jupon noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Galician
3 entries- biso noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- enagua noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- refaixo noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
German
3 entries- Petticoat noun (historical: ornamental skirt or underskirt)
- Petticoat noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- Unterrock noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Greek
1 entries- μεσοφόρι noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Hungarian
1 entries- alsószoknya noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Ingrian
1 entries- aluhame noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Irish
2 entries- cóta beag noun (historical: ornamental skirt or underskirt)
- cóta beag noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Italian
2 entries- sottogonna noun (historical: ornamental skirt or underskirt)
- sottoveste noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Japanese
1 entries- ペチコート noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Ladino
1 entries- faldar noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Latin
1 entries- castula noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Māori
1 entries- panekoti noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Polish
1 entries- halka noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Portuguese
1 entries- anágua noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Russian
2 entries- комбина́ция noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- ни́жняя ю́бка noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- còta-bàn noun (historical: ornamental skirt or underskirt)
- còta-bàn noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pòdsuknja noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- по̀дсукња noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Slovak
2 entries- spodnička noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- spodničky noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Spanish
4 entries- combinación noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- enaguas noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- fondo noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- fustán noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Swedish
1 entries- underkjol noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Tagalog
1 entries- nagwas noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Telugu
1 entries- లోలంగా noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Volapük
2 entries- disgun noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- nijuüp noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Welsh
2 entries- pais noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
- peisiau noun (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Bring me my petticoat.
Source: tatoeba (10507851)
But remember: The 1907 crowd in their bowler hats and petticoat dresses had no computers, no air conditioners, no passenger airplanes, no microwave ovens, no television sets, no polio vaccine. And how those poor wretches scraped a life together without credit cards and electric guitars, we'll never know.
Source: tatoeba (12231681)
“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.” “Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.”
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.
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