clothe

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊð/
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• General-American: /ˈkloʊð/
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• Scotland: /ˈkloð/
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• Wales: /ˈkloːð/ without the toe–tow merger
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• rhymes with -əʊð
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• CMU ARPABET: K L OW1 DH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English clothen, from Old English *clāþian (“to clothe”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþōną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to adhere to, stick”). Cognate with Dutch kleden, German kleiden, Swedish kläda, after apocope klä. See also cloth, clad.

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aramaic: ܥܛܦ (ʿṭaf) — to adorn with clothing
• Armenian: հագցնել (hagcʻnel) — to adorn with clothing
• Aromanian: nvescu — to adorn with clothing
• Belarusian: апрана́ць (apranácʹ) — to adorn with clothing
• Belarusian: апрану́ць (apranúcʹ) — to adorn with clothing
• Bulgarian: обличам (obličam) — to adorn with clothing
• Czech: obléci — to adorn with clothing
• Czech: oblékat — to adorn with clothing
• Czech: šatit — to adorn with clothing
• Czech: ošatit — to adorn with clothing
• Dutch: kleden — to adorn with clothing
• Egyptian: H-b-s-S28 (ḥbs) — to adorn with clothing
• Esperanto: vesti — to adorn with clothing
• Finnish: pukea ylleen — to adorn with clothing
• Finnish: pukeutua — to adorn with clothing
• Finnish: vaatettaa — to adorn with clothing
• French: vêtir — to adorn with clothing
• French: habiller — to adorn with clothing
• Friulian: vistî — to adorn with clothing
• German: bekleiden — to adorn with clothing
• German: anziehen — to adorn with clothing
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wasjan) — to adorn with clothing
• Ancient Greek: ἱματίζω (himatízō) — to adorn with clothing
• Hungarian: borít — to adorn with clothing
• Hungarian: burkol — to adorn with clothing
• Hungarian: fed — to adorn with clothing
• Hungarian: felöltöztet — to adorn with clothing
• Hungarian: felruház — to adorn with clothing
• Hungarian: öltöztet — to adorn with clothing
• Hungarian: ruhával ellát — to adorn with clothing
• Hungarian: ruház — to adorn with clothing
• Hungarian: takar — to adorn with clothing
• Icelandic: klæða — to adorn with clothing
• Ido: metar — to adorn with clothing
• Ido: vestizar — to adorn with clothing
• Ingrian: vaatoittaa — to adorn with clothing
• Italian: vestire — to adorn with clothing
• Kapampangan: piblasan — to adorn with clothing
• Latin: vestiō — to adorn with clothing
• Māori: tāwharu — to adorn with clothing
• Māori: whakapūngenengene — to adorn with clothing
• Māori: whakakākahu — to adorn with clothing
• Khiamniungan Naga: thòu — to adorn with clothing
• Persian: لباس پوشاندن — to adorn with clothing
• Portuguese: carregar — to adorn with clothing
• Portuguese: trazer — to adorn with clothing
• Portuguese: vestir — to adorn with clothing
• Romanian: îmbrăca — to adorn with clothing
• Russian: облача́ть (oblačátʹ) — to adorn with clothing
• Russian: облачи́ть (oblačítʹ) — to adorn with clothing
• Russian: одева́ть (odevátʹ) — to adorn with clothing
• Russian: оде́ть (odétʹ) — to adorn with clothing
• Scottish Gaelic: sgeadaich — to adorn with clothing
• Spanish: vestir — to adorn with clothing
• Spanish: arropar — to adorn with clothing
• Swedish: klä — to adorn with clothing
• Tagalog: bihisan — to adorn with clothing
• Tagalog: damitan — to adorn with clothing
• Ukrainian: одяга́ти (odjaháty) — to adorn with clothing
• Ukrainian: одягти́ pf or одягну́ти (odjahtý) — to adorn with clothing
• Ukrainian: вдяга́ти (vdjaháty) — to adorn with clothing
• Ukrainian: вдягти́ pf or вдягну́ти (vdjahtý) — to adorn with clothing
• Yiddish: אָנטאָן (onton) — to adorn with clothing
• Hungarian: felruház — to cover or invest, as if with a garment
• Hungarian: ráruház — to cover or invest, as if with a garment