lavalier

Etymology

From French lavallière, named after the Duchesse de la Vallière, a mistress of King Louis XIV of France.

noun

  1. An item of jewellery consisting of a pendant, sometimes with one stone, suspended from a necklace.
  2. A kind of microphone intended to clip onto the lapel at about the level of the pendant on a lavalier.

Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/lavalier), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.