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Definition of lingerie noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lingerie

noun
 
/ˈlɒ̃ʒəri/
 
/ˌlɑːndʒəˈreɪ/
 [uncountable]
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  1. (used especially by shops/stores) women’s underwearTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, from linge ‘linen’.
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