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Definitions: Black Tie |
Black TieNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definitions |
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. | |
Synonyms: Black TieSynonyms: dinner jacket (n), tux (n), tuxedo (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
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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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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 traje de cerimónia (dinner-jacket, tuxedo), smoking (dinner jacket, dinner-jacket, tuxedo). (various references) 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) smokin (dinner coat, dinner jacket, evening dress, tuxedo), siyah papyon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 61 63 6B      54 69 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01010100 01101001 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l a c k   T i e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0061 0063 006B      0054 0069 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36786769772547571 |
| 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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