{{short description|Long, usually thin, woman's garment worn as a dressing gown}} {{More footnotes needed|date=June 2023}} {{multiple image | align = right | direction = horizontal | image1 = 908PEIGNOIRen molleton american grand col garnoPout filiettes de11a16ans1.png | width1 = 120 | caption1 = A peignoir c. 1906 | image2 = Vintage peignoir.jpg | width2 = 150 | caption2 = A 3-piece peignoir set of nylon and chiffon c. 1960s }} A '''peignoir''' ({{IPAc-en|"|p|E|n|w|a:r|,_|"|p|eI|n|w|a:r}} {{respell|PEN|war|,_|PAY|nwar}}, {{IPAc-en|USalso|p|E|"|n|w|a:r|,_|p|eI|"|n|w|a:r}} {{respell|pen|WAR|,_|pay|NWAR}},<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Chambers Dictionary|publisher=Chambers|year=2003|isbn=0-550-10105-5|edition=9th|chapter=peignoir}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Collins English Dictionary|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2018|isbn=978-0-008-28437-4|edition=13th|chapter=peignoir}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Definition of peignoir {{!}} Dictionary.com|url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/peignoir|access-date=2022-05-01|website=www.dictionary.com|language=en}}</ref> {{IPA|fr|pɛɲwaʁ|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-peignoir.wav}}) is a long outer garment for women which is frequently sheer and made of chiffon or another translucent fabric. The word comes from French {{lang|fr|peigner}} 'to comb [hair]' (from Latin {{lang|la|pectināre}}, from {{lang|la|pecten}} 'comb') describing a garment worn while brushing one's hair, originally referring to a dressing gown, bathrobe or lounging robe.
Very high-end peignoirs were occasionally sold with sheer long gloves and stockings made of the same material as the peignoir itself for wear to bed or on occasions where the wearer would be seen in her nightclothes, such as visiting or while sharing accommodations during travel during the mid-19th to mid 20th centuries.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} Contemporary peignoirs are usually sold with matching nightgown or panties.
==References== {{reflist}} *Kate Chopin's ''The Awakening'' (Chapter 3)
==External links== *{{commonscat-inline|Peignoirs}}
{{lingerie|state=collapsed}} {{Historical clothing}}
Category:Nightwear Category:Gowns Category:History of Western fashion