décolleté

dé·colle·té

cut low so as to bare the neck and shoulders, as some dresses
wearing a décolleté dress, etc.

Origin of décolleté

Fr, past participle of décolleter, to bare the neck and shoulders from dé- (L de-), from + collet, diminutive of col ( from Classical Latin collum), neck: see collar

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decollete

adjective

Cut low at the neckline: a décolleté dress.
Wearing a garment that is low-cut or strapless.

Origin of decollete

French past participle of décolleter to lower a neckline, uncover the neck dé- off ( from Latin dē- ; see de- . ) collet collar ( from Old French) ( diminutive of col neck, collar ) ( from Latin collum neck ; see k^wel-¹ in Indo-European roots.)

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Adjective

(comparative more décolleté, superlative most décolleté)

Having a low neckline that reveals the cleavage.

Related terms

décolletage

Origin

Borrowing from French, from décolleter (“to bare the neck and shoulders”).

See also: décollete

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