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Dictionary: sar·to·ri·al   (sär-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) pronunciation
adj.
Of or relating to a tailor, tailoring, or tailored clothing: sartorial elegance.

[From Late Latin sartor, tailor. See sartorius.]

sartorially sar·to'ri·al·ly adv.

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(sar-TOR-ee-uhl)

adjective
Related to a tailor or tailored clothes.

Etymology
From Late Latin sartor, tailor

Today's word has a cousin, sartorius, a long narrow muscle in the leg, the longest muscle in humans. What would tailored clothes have in common with a muscle of the leg? Sartorius is so named since it is concerned with producing the cross-legged position of tailors at work.

Usage
"The dignified Muganda man will appear at formal occasions dressed in a kanzu, the long, white robe introduced by the Arabs at about the same time the European missionaries were arriving with their own sartorial ideas." — John Matshikiza; Uganda Lives With The Old And New; The Daily Mail & Guardian (South Africa); Apr 7, 2000.


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to the sartorius muscle
  Pertains to noun: sartorius (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
  Pertains to nouns: tailor (meaning #1), tailoring (meaning #1)


Translations: Sartorial
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skrædder-

Nederlands (Dutch)
betreffende kleermakers/kleding

Français (French)
adj. - vestimentaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Kleidungs-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ενδυματολογικός

Italiano (Italian)
da sarto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sartorial

Русский (Russian)
портновский, портняжный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de sastre, de sastrería

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skräddar

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
裁缝匠的, 裁缝的, 缝工的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 裁縫匠的, 裁縫的, 縫工的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 재봉사의, 바느질의, 의복의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 裁縫の, 男物仕立ての

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خاص بالخياط, خياطي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של בגדי גברים, של חייטות‬


 
 
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