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- [swim-soot]
- /ˈswɪmˌsut/
- /ˈswɪm.suːt/
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- [swim-soot]
- /ˈswɪmˌsut/
Definitions of swimsuit word
- noun swimsuit bathing suit. 1
- noun swimsuit woman's bathing suit 1
- countable noun swimsuit A swimsuit is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls. 0
- noun swimsuit a woman's one-piece swimming garment that leaves the arms and legs bare 0
- noun swimsuit a garment worn for swimming 0
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Origin of swimsuit
First appearance:
before 1925 One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30; swim + suit
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Parts of speech for Swimsuit
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
swimsuit popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
swimsuit usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for swimsuit
noun swimsuit
- bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
- bathing suit — A bathing suit is a piece of clothing which people wear when they go swimming.
- beachwear — Beachwear is the things people wear for swimming.
- bikini — A bikini is a two-piece swimming costume worn by women.
- maillot — a close-fitting, one-piece bathing suit for women, simply styled and usually having a scoop neck and shoulder straps.
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