Embonpoint
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See also: embonpoint
Etymology
Borrowed from French embonpoint.
Pronunciation
Noun
Embonpoint m or n (strong, genitive Embonpoints, no plural)
- (higher register, dated) embonpoint (plumpness)
- Synonym: Schmerbauch
- 1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern […] [The World of Yesterday]:
- Man legte sich lange schwarze Gehröcke zu und einen gemächlichen Gang und wenn möglich ein leichtes Embonpoint, um diese erstrebenswerte Gesetztheit zu verkörpern, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der, das | Embonpoint |
| genitive | eines | des | Embonpoints |
| dative | einem | dem | Embonpoint |
| accusative | einen, ein | den, das | Embonpoint |
Declension of Embonpoint [sg-only, masculine // neuter, strong]
Further reading
- “Embonpoint” in Duden online
- “Embonpoint” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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