leotard
/ˈliː.ə.tɑːd/US/ˈliː.ə.tɑːɹd/
leotard noun: a one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.).
Noun
leotard (plural leotards)
- A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)
- Tomorrow is the day. Marie makes her first trip out of this notebook and into the world. I'm off to buy a leotard.1963 May, Gloria Steinem, “A Bunny's Tale”, in Show Magazine, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2017, page 99
Forms of leotard
| plural | leotards |
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Origin of leotard
Named after French acrobat Jules Léotard (1838–1870).
Words formed from leotard
Questions about leotard
- What does leotard mean?
- Leotard means a one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.).
- What part of speech is leotard?
- Leotard is a noun.
- How do you pronounce leotard?
- Leotard is pronounced /ˈliː.ə.tɑːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of leotard?
- The plural of leotard is leotards.
Words near leotard in the dictionary
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