vestiaire

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vestiārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛs.tjɛʁ/

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A cloakroom

A changing room, dressing room, locker room

Noun

vestiaire m (plural vestiaires)

1. cloakroom; (US) checkroom, coatroom, coat check (a room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club)
2. locker room, changing room
3. (religion) vestry

Noun

vestiaire m or f by sense (plural vestiaires)

1. cloakroom attendant

   Synonym: (Belgium) vestiairiste

Descendants

• Turkish: vestiyer

Further reading

• “vestiaire” in Cordial.
• “vestiaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “vestiaire” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “vestiaire” in Le Dictionnaire.
• “vestiaire” in L’Internaute.

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