bustier

Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːstiɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːstieɪ/, /ˈbʌ-/, enPR: bo͞osʹtē-ā

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bustier (plural bustiers)

1. A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.

   Synonym: bustiere

   • 2009 February 18, Cathy Horyn, “In the Moment, or Not”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The clothes were equally frothy: teacup silk skirts, a bubbly wool coat in Bazooka pink, satin bustiers with huge fan pleats across the front, metallic peplum jackets and flamboyantly patterned tights.

   • 2010, Jane Porter, The Sheikh's Wife, →ISBN:

     Next came the narrow silk straps of her bustier. She pushed the satin fabric down, toward her waist, exposing her breasts.

See busty.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌsti.ə(ɹ)/, enPR: bŭsʹtē-ər

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bustier

1. comparative form of busty: more busty

• bustier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• buriest, subtier, Ubertis, rubiest, subtrie, Iturbes, biurets

From buste +‎ -ier.

• IPA^(key): /bys.tje/

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bustier m (plural bustiers)

1. bustier (clothing)

• → English: bustier

• “bustier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• bitures, bruites, bursite

Borrowed from French bustier.

bustier m (plural bustieri)

1. bustier

Borrowed from French bustier.

• IPA^(key): /busˈtjeɾ/ [busˈt̪jeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: bus‧tier

bustier m (plural bustiers)

1. bustier

• “bustier”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025