Definition
Plural of frilly; things that are frilly, flouncy, or elaborately decorated; sometimes used informally for women's delicate or decorative undergarments.
Etymology
Plural of 'frilly' used as a noun, or derived from 'frill' + '-ies' suffix. The informal sense for undergarments is 20th-century British slang.
Kelly Says
The word shows how slang often takes adjectives and turns them into nouns—'frillies' for fancy underwear is whimsical and humorous, the kind of colloquial term that lives in speech but rarely appears in formal writing, making it almost invisible to language history.
Translations
CACatalà
adornments
a-dorn-ments
CSČeština
ozdoby
oz-do-by
DEDeutsch
Schleifen
shlay-fen
ELΕλληνικά
συνθέσεις
sin-the-see
ESEspañol
flecos
fleh-kos
FISuomi
koristelu
kor-i-ste-lu
FRFrançais
dentelles
dɛ̃.tɛl
HEעברית
קישוטים
ki-sho-tim
HIहिन्दी
सुसज्जनों
soo-suj-j-naon
HUMagyar
díszítmények
dish-ee-tee-men-ek
IDBahasa Indonesia
hiasan
hee-a-san
ITItaliano
frange
frantsche
MSBahasa Melayu
hias
hee-as
MYမြန်မာ
ပြုပြင်
pyu-pyin
NLNederlands
versieringen
ver-si-er-en-gen
PTPortuguês
bordados
bord-ah-dohs
RORomână
decoratiuni
de-ko-ra-tee-oo-nee
RUРусский
бахрома
bah-khro-ma
SVSvenska
prydnader
pryd-na-der
SWKiswahili
mapambo
ma-pam-bo
TAதமிழ்
அலங்காரம்
a-lan-ka-a-ram
TEతెలుగు
అలంకారం
a-lan-ka-a-ram
THไทย
รายละเอียด
rai-det-wai
TLTL
pag-a-anyos
pa-ga-a-nyos
TRTürkçe
süslemeler
soo-slay-meh-ler
UKУкраїнська
прикраси
pry-kra-sy
VITiếng Việt
phụ kiện trang trí
foo kye-en trang tri
ZUZU
izibongo
ee-zi-bon-go