prêt-à-porter

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prêt-à-porter

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First use appears c. 1957 in Punch. See cite below. Reborrowed from French prêt-à-porter (1951), itself a calque of English ready-to-wear.

adjective

not comparable Ready-to-wear. gloves, scarves, jewellery, and prêt-à-porter clothes; belts, beads, flowers, scent ... all the fleeting frivolities and lovely ephemera of the passing mode are strewn about as though by some demented diseuse gone berserk with her travelling trunk of properties.

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"prêt-à-porter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pr%C3%AAt-%C3%A0-porter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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prêt-à-porter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pr%C3%AAt-%C3%A0-porter

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"prêt-à-porter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pr%C3%AAt-%C3%A0-porter.

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@misc{pre_t_a_porter_2026,
  title = {prêt-à-porter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pr%C3%AAt-%C3%A0-porter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}