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Is lingerie a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lingerie is a Scrabble US word. The word lingerie is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is lingerie a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lingerie is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

L1I1N1G2E1R1I1E1

Is lingerie a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lingerie is a Words With Friends word. The word lingerie is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

LINGERIE,

7-letter words (4 found)

LEERING,LEIRING,LINGIER,REELING,

6-letter words (17 found)

EELING,GIRLIE,GIRNEL,GIRNIE,INLIER,LEEING,LEIGER,LENGER,LERING,LIEGER,LIERNE,LINGER,LINIER,NIRLIE,RELINE,RIGLIN,RILING,

5-letter words (21 found)

EIGNE,ERING,GENIE,GENII,GENRE,GERLE,GERNE,GREEN,GREIN,INGLE,IRING,LEGER,LIEGE,LIGER,LIGNE,LINER,NIGER,REGIE,REIGN,RELIE,RENIG,

4-letter words (32 found)

EGER,EINE,ERNE,GENE,GERE,GIEN,GIRL,GIRN,GLEE,GLEI,GLEN,GREE,GREN,GRIN,LEER,LEIR,LENG,LERE,LIEN,LIER,LINE,LING,LIRE,LIRI,NIRL,REEL,REEN,REIN,RIEL,RILE,RINE,RING,

3-letter words (31 found)

EEL,EEN,ENE,ENG,ERE,ERG,ERN,GEE,GEL,GEN,GER,GIE,GIN,ING,IRE,LEE,LEG,LEI,LIE,LIG,LIN,NEE,NEG,NIE,NIL,REE,REG,REI,REN,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EL,EN,ER,GI,IN,LI,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 116 words from lingerie according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lingerie

lingerie

Etymology

Borrowed from French lingerie (“linen closet”). The irregular pronunciation may derive from the frequent shift of /ɛ̃/ (which is this word's first vowel in standard French) toward /ɑ̃/ or [æ̃] in European French, which also tends to be drifted towards /ɔ̃/.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɒndʒəɹi/, /ˈlɒndʒəɹeɪ/, /ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹi/, /ˈlɒ̃ʒəɹeɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌlɑn.ʒəˈɹeɪ/, /ˈlɑn.ʒə.ɹi/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌlɔn.(d)ʒəˈɹæɪ/, /ˈlɔ̃.(d)ʒə.ɹæɪ/, /-ɹi/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ, -iː

Noun

lingerie (usually uncountable, plural lingeries)

  1. Underwear or nightclothes, especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.
  2. (dated) Linen goods collectively.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • negligee
  • nightie, nighty

Further reading

  • lingerie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French lingerie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌlɪn.ʒəˈri/, /ˌlɛn.ʒəˈri/
  • Hyphenation: lin‧ge‧rie
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

lingerie f (plural lingeries or lingerieën, diminutive lingerietje n)

  1. lingerie (women's underwear)
  2. (dated) lingerie (linens)

Derived terms

  • lingerieboetiek
  • lingeriedraagster
  • lingerieset
  • lingeriewinkel
  • lingeriezaak

French

Etymology

From linge +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛ̃ʒ.ʁi/

Noun

lingerie f (plural lingeries)

  1. linen room
  2. lingerie (clothing)

Descendants

  • → English: lingerie
  • → German: Lingerie
  • → Italian: lingerie
  • → Portuguese: lingerie
  • → Romanian: lenjerie

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lingerie.

Noun

lingerie f (invariable)

  1. lingerie

Further reading

  • lingerie in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French lingerie.

Pronunciation

Noun

lingerie f (plural lingeries)

  1. women's underwear

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lingerie.

References

Romanian

Noun

lingerie f (plural lingerii)

  1. Alternative form of lenjerie

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org