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Black Tie

Definitions: Black Tie

Black Tie

Noun

1. Semiformal evening dress for men.

2. A black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Black Tie

DomainDefinitions

General

Dinner jacket and formal evening dress; can include national dress. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Black Tie

Synonyms: dinner jacket (n), tux (n), tuxedo (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Black Tie

DomainUsage

Screenplays

This is the black tie affair! (First Kid; writing credit: Tim Kelleher)

Lyrics

And ruined your black tie affair ("Friends in Low Places"; performing artist: Garth Brooks)

Movie/TV Titles

David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise (1993)

Black Tie Affair (1993)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Black Tie

DomainTitle

Books

  • Affair in Black Tie (reference)

  • Black Tie & Tales [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  • Black Tie and Boots Optional (reference)

  • Black Tie Optional: The Ultimate Guide to Planning and Producing Successful Special Events (reference)

  • From Black Tie to Blackeyed Peas: Savannah's Savory Secrets (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Black Tie

Computer Images:
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Black Tie

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  black tie

878

  black tie uk

6

  black tie limousine

34

  black tie wear

4

  black tie optional

25

  black tie for woman

4

  black tie affair

24

  black tie wear wedding

3

  black tie etiquette

18

  black tie and tuxedo

2

  black tie event

15

  black tie valet

2

  black tie dress

15

  black tie video

2

  black tie wedding

12

  black tie invited

2

  black tie attire

11

  black tie tuxedos

2

  black tie dinner

8

  attire black tie woman

2

  black tie formal wear

7

  arabian black tie

2

  black tie transportation

6
  

arabian black tie

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Black Tie

Language Translations for "black tie"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

smoking (dinner jacket, dinner-jacket, tuxedo). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

avondkleding (dinner-jacket, evening dress, tuxedo). (various references)

   

French

  

tenue de soirée, smoking. (various references)

   

German

  

Smoking (dinner jacket, dinner-jacket, dj, tux, tuxedo, tuxedoUS), Gesellschaftsanzug (dinner-jacket, dress suit, formal dress, tails, tuxedo), Abendkleidung (dinner-jacket, tuxedo). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σμόκιν (dinner jacket, dinner-jacket, tux, tuxedo), βραδυνή ενδυμασία (dinner-jacket, evening dress, tuxedo). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szmoking (dinner jacket, smoking jacket, tux, tuxedo), fekete nyakkendő. (various references)

   

Italian

  

smoking (dinner jacket, dinner-jacket, tuxedo), abito da sera (dinner-jacket, evening gown, tuxedo). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ブラウン管 (black, Black Africa, black box, black chamber, black coffee, black comedy, black ghetto, black hole, black humor, black journalism, black magic, black market, black Monday, black money, Black Panther, black pepper, Black Power, black shaft, blackjack, blacklist, blackout, bland, blank, blanket, blanket area, blood bank, blood elite, bra, bra cup, bracket, Brad Pitt, branch, brand, brand image, brand loyalty, brandy, brass, brass-band, brasserie, brassie, brassiere, Bratislava, bravo, Brazil, brothers, brunch, brush, brush back pitch, brushy, Brussels, cathode-ray tube). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ブラックタイ . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ackblay ietay

   

Portuguese

  

traje de cerimónia (dinner-jacket, tuxedo), smoking (dinner jacket, dinner-jacket, tuxedo). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

traje de etiqueta (dress suit, evening dress), smoking (dinner jacket, dinner-jacket, tuxedo), etiqueta (amenities, dinner-jacket, docket, etiquette, formality, label, Mark, tab, tag, ticket, tuxedo). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

smokin (dinner coat, dinner jacket, evening dress, tuxedo), siyah papyon. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Black Tie

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-k-l-t"

-1 letter: backlit, batlike, catlike, citable, tieback.

-2 letters: albeit, albite, atelic, cablet, tackle, talkie, tickle.

-3 letters: alike, batik, black, blate, bleak, bleat, blite, cable, ceiba, cleat, eclat, ileac, kibla, latke, table, telia, telic, tical, tilak.

-4 letters: abet, able, alec, alit, back, bail, bait, bake, bale, balk, bate, beak, beat, beck, belt, beta, bice, bike, bile, bilk.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-i-k-l-t"
 

+2 letters: backlisted.

 

+3 letters: backlighted, blacklisted, blacklister, stickleback.

 

+4 letters: blacklisters, sticklebacks.

 

+5 letters: packabilities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Black Tie


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 6C 61 63 6B      54 69 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01010100 01101001 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#108 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#32 &#84 &#105 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 006C 0061 0063 006B      0054 0069 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36786769772547571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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