G-string

See also: G-String and G string

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G-string

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Alternative forms

• G string

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Possibly from girdle-string, attested from the 19th century, but uncertain. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

G-string (plural G-strings)

1. A scanty covering for the genitalia, with a thin strip of fabric that passes between the buttocks.

   Coordinate term: C-string

2. A type of loincloth or breechcloth.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:G-string.

Synonyms

• loincloth
• tanga
• thong

Translations

a scanty piece of underwear or lingerie — see also thong

Afrikaans: deurtrekker (af) Arabic: جِي سترينج, ثُونْغ (ṯūnḡ) Catalan: tanga m Chinese: Mandarin: G弦褲 / G弦裤 (jī-xiánkù), T字褲 / T字裤 (tī-zìkù), 丁字褲 / 丁字裤 (zh) (dīngzìkù) Danish: g-streng c, g-streng c Dutch: string (nl) m Esperanto: ŝnurkalsoneto Finnish: stringit (fi) pl, tanga (fi) French: string (fr) m, tanga (fr) m German: String (de) m, Tanga (de) m, Stringtanga (de) m, G-String (de) m or f, Minislip m Hebrew: חוטיני (he) m (ḥutíni) Hungarian: tanga (hu) Irish: bídeog f Italian: tanga (it) m, perizoma (it) m Japanese: Ｇストリング (jī-sutoringu), (traditional Japanese for men) 六尺褌 (ja) (ろくしゃくふんどし, rokushaku fundoshi) Korean: 지스트링 (ji-seuteuring), G스트링 (ji-seuteuring) Kyrgyz: (please verify) амербелдемчи (amerbeldemci) Latin: perizoma m Macedonian: та́нга f (tánga) Maltese: tanga f, qalziet tal-ħajta m Norwegian: Bokmål: g-streng m Nynorsk: g-streng m Polish: stringi (pl) nvir Portuguese: tanga (pt) f, fio dental (pt) m (Brazil) Russian: тру́сики-та́нга m pl (trúsiki-tánga), та́нга (ru) f (tánga), (loincloth) набе́дренная повя́зка (ru) f (nabédrennaja povjázka), джи-стри́нг m (dži-stríng), стри́нги (ru) m pl (stríngi) Spanish: tanga (es) m (Spain), tanga (es) f (Latin America), colaless m, colalé m, zunga (es) f, hilo dental (es) m, gistro m Swedish: string (sv), g-string, stringtrosa, tanga (sv) Turkish: tanga (tr)

See also

• fundoshi

Etymology 2

Noun

G-string (plural G-strings)

1. (music) On a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces the note of G.

Translations

on a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces G

Danish: G-streng c German: G-Saite f Hungarian: g-húr Swedish: G-sträng c