Meaning & use
salopette
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Meaning
nouncountableBritish
A one-piece garment with a bib front and shoulder straps, worn over other clothes or as a fashion item.
Grammar: Countable: a salopette, salopettes; often used in the plural for the garment.
Patterns
- a pair of salopettes
- wear salopettes
She wore a denim salopette over a striped T-shirt.
The designer showed a bright yellow salopette on the runway.
He bought a pair of salopettes for the ski trip.
Word forms
| plural | salopettes |
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Common combinations
- denim salopette
- A denim salopette is easy to style for casual days.
- wear a salopette
- She likes to wear a salopette when she paints.
- pair of salopettes
- He packed a pair of salopettes for the mountains.
Synonyms and how they differ
Commonly confused: salopette or salopette?
salopette vs salopette
Not to be confused with salopette as a French word for overalls; the English word is a loan from French.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'salopette' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A salopette is a garment worn over other clothes, so gardening fits. The other options suggest activities where you would not normally wear one.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “salopette”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.