strip-tease
striptease
noun streep-TEZ Rare
Origin: English loanword (strip + tease).
Usage Note
Strip-tease is an anglicism adopted into French with its original meaning intact. It is invariable in plural: des strip-tease. The performer is un strip-teaseur (masculine) or une strip-teaseuse (feminine). The word is considered vulgar/adult register in formal writing.
Examples
"Le strip-tease est interdit ici."
Natural Translation
Striptease is forbidden here.

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