tanga
タンガ
解説 Definition
タンガビキニの略語で、ヒップ部分が最小限の形状の水着または下着です。女性用の衣類として一般的です。
A style of women’s underwear or bikini bottom that provides relatively little coverage around the hips and buttocks. The exact cut varies by country and manufacturer, but it is generally more revealing than conventional briefs and may resemble a thong.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
tanga はトゥピ語の「腰布」に由来し、現代では腰や臀部の布面積が小さい女性用下着・水着を指す。tanga bikini、tanga-style underwear の組み合わせで、元の「最小限の腰布」という像につなげる。複数形は通常 tangas。thong と近いが、形状や呼称は地域・ブランドで異なる。
Remember tanga through its historical connection with a simple loincloth: the modern garment likewise uses relatively little fabric around the hips and buttocks. Learn it in practical combinations such as a tanga bikini, tanga-style underwear, and several tangas. It is close in meaning to thong, although clothing retailers and different regions may distinguish the cuts in slightly different ways. The headword is singular; tangas is the usual plural. When shopping or reading fashion descriptions, rely on an accompanying picture or product details because the precise amount of coverage is not completely uniform.
例文
She wore a tanga bikini to the beach.
彼女はビーチでタンガビキニを着ていました。
Tanga-style underwear is popular in modern fashion.
タンガスタイルの下着は現代ファッションで人気があります。
The shop offers various colors and styles of tangas.
その店はタンガの様々な色とスタイルを取り揃えています。
tanga の類義語・関連語
tanga の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ブラジル・ポルトガル語経由で、南米先住民トゥピ語の「tanga（腰布・前掛け）」に由来する。先住民が身につけていた最小限の腰布を指した語が、現代ではビキニの一種を意味するようになった。関連語：タンキニ（tanga+bikini）。
Tanga entered international fashion vocabulary through Brazilian Portuguese. It comes from a Tupi word tanga referring to a loincloth, apron, or covering worn around the waist. The earlier reference to a minimal waist garment provided a natural basis for the modern sense: a revealing style of bikini bottom or underwear. As the garment name spread into other languages, details of the cut varied, so its present use may overlap with terms such as thong while retaining regional and commercial differences.
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