how to say “button-down shirt” in Hebrew
חֻלְצָה מְכֻפְתֶּרֶת
The Hebrew word for shirt is חֻלְצָה . And the word for button is כַּפְתּוֹר .
. And the word for button is כַּפְתּוֹר .To form button-down or that which is made with buttons, Hebrew plugs כפתור into the passive-intensive verb form to yield מְכֻפְתָּר in the masculine and מְכֻפְתֶּרֶת in the feminine.
in the masculine and מְכֻפְתֶּרֶת in the feminine.Thus a button-down shirt is חולצה מכופתרת , as in:
, as in:אִם אַתָּה לֹא לוֹבֵשׁ חֲלִיפָה, לְפָחוֹת תִּלְבַּשׁ חֻלְצָה מְכֻפְתֶּרֶת!
If you’re not wearing a sports jacket, at least put on a button-down shirt! (to a male)
While I gave examples using the grammatically-correct way of pronouncing these words, you’re more likely to hear Israelis saying מְכֻּפְתָּר and מְכֻּפְתֶּרֶת .
and מְכֻּפְתֶּרֶת .