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Woman wearing a swimsuit

Girls wearing swimsuits

Man wearing swimming briefs - a form of swimsuit for men.

Etymology

From swim +‎ suit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swɪm.s(j)ut/

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Noun

swimsuit (plural swimsuits)

2. A garment worn for swimming.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:swimsuit

   Put on your swimsuit and let's go for a swim.

3. A tight-fitting one-piece garment worn by women and girls.

   Jade refused to go swimming with her brother until he helped her find her favorite swimsuit.

Synonyms

• bathers (Australia)
• bathing suit
• budgie smugglers (Australia, slang)
• cossie (Australia)
• dookie (Scotland)
• swimmers (Australia)
• swimming briefs/swim briefs
• swimming costume
• swimming trunks/swim trunks (the male equivalent that resembles shorts)
• togs (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand)

Translations

garment worn for swimming

Armenian: լողազգեստ (hy) (loġazgest) Basque: bainujantzi Catalan: banyador (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 泳裝 / 泳装 (zh) (yǒngzhuāng), 游泳衣 (zh) (yóuyǒngyī), 泳衣 (zh) (yǒngyī) Dutch: badpak (nl) Finnish: uimapuku (fi), uima-asu (fi) French: maillot de bain (fr) m Galician: traxe de baño (gl) m German: Badebekleidung (de) f Hebrew: בֶּגֶד יָם (he) m (béged yám) Hungarian: fürdőruha (hu) Indonesian: baju renang (id) Italian: costume da bagno m Japanese: 水着 (ja) (みずぎ, mizugi) Kazakh: шомылу киімі (şomylu kiımı), су киімі (su kiımı) Korean: 수영복(水泳服) (ko) (suyeongbok) Latin: vestis balnearis f, subligaculum balneare n Maranao: basa'an Norwegian: Bokmål: badetøy n, badedrakt m or f (dated) Nynorsk: badetøy n, badedrakt f (dated) Occitan: malhòt de banh m Polish: strój kąpielowy (pl) m, kostium kąpielowy (pl) m, kąpielówki (pl) pl (men's) Portuguese: traje de banho m (Brazil), fato de banho (pt) m (Portugal) Romanian: costum de baie n Russian: купа́льный костю́м m (kupálʹnyj kostjúm), (women’s) купа́льник (ru) m (kupálʹnik), (men’s) пла́вки (ru) f pl (plávki) Scottish Gaelic: briogais-shnàimh Spanish: bañador (es) m, traje de baño (es) m Swedish: badkläder (sv) c pl, badplagg n Ukrainian: купа́льний костю́м m (kupálʹnyj kostjúm), купа́льник m (kupálʹnyk) Vietnamese: đồ bơi (涂𬈺), trang phục bơi (裝服𬈺)

tight-fitting one-piece garment

Finnish: kokouimapuku (fi), uimapuku (fi) Hungarian: úszódressz (hu) Norwegian: Bokmål: badedrakt m or f Nynorsk: badedrakt f Swedish: baddräkt (sv) c

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Afrikaans: swemklere, swempak Arabic: لِبَاس سِبَاحَة m (libās sibāḥa) Egyptian Arabic: مايو m (maayuu) Bulgarian: бански костюм m (banski kostjum) Catalan: vestit de bany m, banyador (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 游泳衣 (jau4 wing6 ji1) Czech: plavky (cs) f pl Danish: badedragt c Dutch: badpak (nl) n Esperanto: bankostumo Estonian: trikoo French: maillot (fr) m, maillot de bain (fr) m, costume de bain (fr) m German: Badeanzug (de) m, Schwimmanzug (de) m Greek: μαγιό (el) n (magió) Hebrew: בגד ים (he) m (beged yam) Icelandic: sundföt (is) n pl, sundbolur (is) m Indonesian: pakaian renang (id) Irish: culaith shnámha f Italian: costume da bagno m, costume (it) m Japanese: 海水着 (ja) (かいすいぎ, kaisuigi), 水泳着 (すいえいぎ, suieigi) Latvian: peldkostīms m Lithuanian: maudymosi kostiumas m Maltese: malja f Maori: kahu kakau, kahu kaukau Persian: لباس شنا (lebâs-e šenâ), مایو (fa) (mâyo) Portuguese: traje de banho m, roupa de banho f, fato de banho (pt) Romanian: costum de baie n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: купаћи костим m Roman: kupaći kostim m Slovak: plavky f pl Slovene: kopalke (sl) f pl Spanish: traje de baño (es) m (especially Latin America), bañador (es) m (Spain), calzón de baño m (Mexico), calzonera f (Southeastern Mexico), calzoneta f (Guatemala), calzoneta de baño f (El Salvador, Nicaragua), malla de baño f (Argentina, Uruguay), ropa de baño f (Peru), terno de baño m (Ecuador), trusa (es) f (Cuba), vestido de baño (es) m (Colombia, Panama) Tagalog: damit-pampaligo, banyakot Thai: ชุดว่ายน้ำ (th) (chút wâai náam) Turkish: mayo (tr) Vietnamese: quần áo bơi, đồ tắm Welsh: siwt nofio (cy) m

See also

• bikini
• boardies
• board shorts
• monokini
• neck-to-knee
• skinny dipping
• swimming shorts
• swimming trunks
• swimwear