swimming costume
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- noun
- /ˈswɪmɪŋ ˈkɒstjuːm/
- UK
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traje de baño
But everyone else did not love swimming And I just felt like everyone stared at me in a swimming costume because I was so skinny and I hated it so much.
- But everyone else did not love swimming And I just felt like everyone stared at me in a swimming costume because I was so skinny and I hated it so much.
Examples
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I got this little swimming costume for her from the shop.
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We call it a swimming costume.
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Get your swimming costume on.
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I don't have a swimming costume
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Don't forget to pack your swimming costume for the beach trip this weekend.
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She wore her new swimming costume for the first time at the swimming pool.
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The kids are excited to show off their brightly colored swimming costumes at the pool party.
Synonyms
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A piece of clothing you wear for swimming
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Clothing worn for swimming that covers the body
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Clothes worn for swimming in a pool or at the beach
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Tight clothing people wear for swimming at a beach or pool
How Suitable
- UK
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Surface Forms
Morphology
swimming + costume
The meaning 'a garment worn for swimming' is directly and compositionally derived from 'swimming' (the activity) + 'costume' (a type of clothing/garment). This noun + noun/compound pattern is regular in English and has clear cross-linguistic parallels (e.g. Spanish 'traje de baño', French 'maillot'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Swimming costume comes from the simple idea of swimming meaning being in the water and costume meaning 'clothes'. Picture someone putting on a close-fitting outfit to move easily in water, so the phrase means a garment made to wear while swimming.