clothes line

Anglais

Étymologie

Composé de clothes (« vêtements ») et de line (« ligne, fil »).

Locution nominale

Singulier	Pluriel
clothes line /ˈkloʊz ˌlaɪn/	clothes lines /ˈkloʊz ˌlaɪnz/

clothes line

1. Corde à linge.
   • But a number of clothes line rebels have risked legal action by disobeying these rules, saying it is the duty of Americans to reduce their carbon footprint and leave their energy-hungry tumble dryers idle. — (Tom Geoghegan, The fight against clothes line bans, BBC News, 7 octobre 2010)

Variantes orthographiques

• clothesline

Prononciation

• /ˈkloʊz ˌlaɪn/, /ˈkloʊðz ˌlaɪn/ (États-Unis)
• /ˈkləʊz ˌlaɪn/, /ˈkləʊðz ˌlaɪn/ (Royaume-Uni)

Voir aussi

• clothes line sur Wikipédia (en anglais)