décolleté

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of a garment: cut low enough to expose much of the neck, shoulders, or upper chest

   She wore a décolleté evening gown with a narrow velvet train.

2. 2
   adj

   of a person: wearing a garment with a low neckline

   The décolleté guests gathered beneath the ballroom chandeliers.

3. 3
   noun

   a low neckline or the exposed area of neck, shoulders, and upper chest above it

   A necklace of black pearls rested at the edge of the décolleté.

Borrowed from French décolleté, the past participle of décolleter, 'to uncover the neck,' formed from dé- + collet, 'collar,' ultimately from Latin collum, 'neck.' English uses the French masculine form regardless of the wearer's sex.

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