lin·ge·rie 
(län′zhə-rā, länzhə-rē, lăɴ-zhə-rē)
(län′zhə-rā, länzhə-rē, lăɴ-zhə-rē)n.
1. Women's undergarments or sleepwear, especially when designed to be visually or sexually alluring.
2. Archaic Linen articles, especially garments.
[French, from Old French, from linge, linen, from Latin līneus, made of linen, from līnum, flax; see lno- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]