noun
Meaning 1
Items of clothing; apparel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- suit of clothes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
clothes
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kləʊ(ð)z/
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Scotland: /klo(ð)z/
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CMU ARPABET: K L OW1 DH Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 2
plural of cloth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, obsolete, plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
third-person singular simple present indicative of clothe
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
clothing in general
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she was refined in her choice of apparel
- he always bought his clothes at the same store
- fastidious about his dress
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: apparel, wearing apparel, dress
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment
Narrower terms: workwear
History
Etymology
From Middle English clothes, cloþes, plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”), from Old English clāþas (“clothes”), plural of clāþ (“cloth”), equivalent to cloth + -es. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (“clothes”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede, German Kleider.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
276 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: klere — apparel
- Albanian: ndresa — apparel
- Albanian: tesha — apparel
- Albanian: veshje — apparel
- Albanian: rroba — apparel
- Southern Altai: кийим (kiyim) — apparel
- Arabic: مَلَابِس (malābis) — apparel
- Arabic: ثِيَاب (ṯiyāb) — apparel
- Arabic: كِسْوَة (kiswa) — apparel
- Arabic: هدوم (hudūm) — apparel
- Arabic: لبس (libs) — apparel
- Arabic: ملابس (malābis) — apparel
- Arabic: هدوم (hdūm) — apparel
- Arabic: ملابس (malābis) — apparel
- Arabic: حوايج (ḥawāyij) — apparel
- Arabic: حوايج (ḥwāyij) — apparel
- Arabic: تياب (tyāb) — apparel
- Arabic: أواعي (ʔawāʕi) — apparel
- Arabic: ملابس (malābes) — apparel
- Arabic: تياب (tyāb) — apparel
- Armenian: հագուստ (hagust) — apparel
- Armenian: զգեստ (zgest) — apparel
- Aromanian: vishtimintu — apparel
- Aromanian: nviscãmindu — apparel
- Aromanian: stranj — apparel
- Aromanian: stranjiu — apparel
- Aromanian: alãxãmintu — apparel
- Aromanian: stoli — apparel
- Aromanian: custumi — apparel
- Asturian: ropa — apparel
- Azerbaijani: geyim — apparel
- Azerbaijani: paltar — apparel
- Azerbaijani: libas — apparel
- Azerbaijani: əyin — apparel
- Bashkir: кейем (keyem) — apparel
- Basque: arropa — apparel
- Belarusian: адзе́жа (adzjéža) — apparel
- Belarusian: адзе́нне (adzjénnje) — apparel
- Bengali: পোশাক (pōśak) — apparel
- Bengali: কাপড় (kapoṛ) — apparel
- Bengali: বস্ত্র (bostro) — apparel
- Central Bikol: bado — apparel
- Bulgarian: облекло́ (oblekló) — apparel
- Bulgarian: дре́хи (dréhi) — apparel
- Bulgarian: оде́жда (odéžda) — apparel
- Burmese: အဝတ်အစား (a.wat-a.ca:) — apparel
- Catalan: roba — apparel
- Cebuano: sinina — apparel
- Chamicuro: ropa — apparel
- Cherokee: ᏧᎾᏄᏬ (tsunanuwo) — apparel
- Cherokee: ᏗᎿᏬ (dihnawo) — apparel
- Chickasaw: naafka — apparel
- Chinese Cantonese: 衣服 (ji1 fuk6) — apparel
- Chinese Cantonese: 服裝 /服装 (fuk6 zong1) — apparel
- Chinese Cantonese: 衣著 (ji1 zoek3) — apparel
- Chinese Cantonese: 衣着 (ji1 zoek3) — apparel
- Chinese Cantonese: 衫褲 /衫裤 (saam1 fu3) — apparel
- Chinese Cantonese: 衫 (saam1) — apparel
- Chinese: йишон (yišon) — apparel
- Chinese: йифу (yifu) — apparel
- Eastern Min Chinese: 衣裳 (ĭ-siòng) — apparel
- Hakka Chinese: 服裝 /服装 (fu̍k-chông) — apparel
- Hakka Chinese: 衫褲 /衫裤 (sâm-fu) — apparel
- Chinese: 衣服 (i-ho̍k) — apparel
- Chinese: 服裝 /服装 (zh-min-nan) — apparel
- Chinese: 衫褲 /衫裤 (san-khò͘) — apparel
- Chinese: 衫仔褲 /衫仔裤 (zh-min-nan) — apparel
- Chinese: 衫 (zh-min-nan) — apparel
- Chinese Mandarin: 衣服 (yīfu) — apparel
- Chinese Mandarin: 服裝 /服装 (fúzhuāng) — apparel
- Chinese Mandarin: 衣裳 (yīshang) — apparel
- Chinese Mandarin: 衣著 (yīzhuó) — apparel
- Chinese Mandarin: 衣着 (yīzhuó) — apparel
- Wu Chinese: 衣裳 — apparel
- Cornish: dillas — apparel
- Crimean Tatar: urba — apparel
- Czech: oblečení — apparel
- Czech: šaty — apparel
- Danish: tøj — apparel
- Danish: klæder — apparel
- Danish: beklædning — apparel
- Dolgan: таӈас (taňas) — apparel
- Dutch: kleren — apparel
- Esperanto: vestaĵo — apparel
- Estonian: kehakate — apparel
- Estonian: riided — apparel
- Estonian: riietus — apparel
- Faroese: klæði — apparel
- Fataluku: faru — apparel
- Finnish: vaate — apparel
- French: vêtements — apparel
- French: fringues — apparel
- Galician: vestimenta — apparel
- Georgian: ტანსაცმელი (ṭansacmeli) — apparel
- German: Kleider — apparel
- German: Kleidung — apparel
- German: Anziehsachen — apparel
- German: Klamotten — apparel
- German: Gewand — apparel
- Greek: ρούχο (roúcho) — apparel
- Ancient Greek: ἐσθής (esthḗs) — apparel
- Ancient Greek: ἱμάτια (himátia) — apparel
- Hawaiian: lole — apparel
- Hebrew: בְּגָדִים (bgadím) — apparel
- Hindi: कपड़े (kapṛe) — apparel
- Hindi: लिबास (libās) — apparel
- Hindi: पोशाक (pośāk) — apparel
- White Hmong: khaub ncaws — apparel
- Hungarian: ruha — apparel
- Hungarian: ruhák — apparel
- Icelandic: föt — apparel
- Ido: vesti — apparel
- Ido: vestaro — apparel
- Ilocano: bado — apparel
- Indonesian: pakaian — apparel
- Irish: éadach — apparel
- Istriot: vesteîti — apparel
- Italian: vestiti — apparel
- Italian: abbigliamento — apparel
- Japanese: 衣服 (ifuku) — apparel
- Japanese: 服 (fuku) — apparel
- Japanese: 衣類 (irui) — apparel
- Javanese: panganggo — apparel
- Jeju: 옷 (ot) — apparel
- Kalmyk: хувцн (xuvtsn) — apparel
- Kapampangan: malan — apparel
- Karachay-Balkar: кийим (kiyim) — apparel
- Karaim: kijit́ — apparel
- Kazakh: киім (kiım) — apparel
- Khakas: кип (kip) — apparel
- Khmer: ខោអាវ (khao ʼaaw) — apparel
- Khmer: អាវ (ʼaaw) — apparel
- Konkani: आउंगाले (āungāle) — apparel
- Korean: 옷 (ot) — apparel
- Korean: 의복 (uibok) — apparel
- Kumyk: гийим (giyim) — apparel
- Central Kurdish: بەرگ (berg) — apparel
- Central Kurdish: جل (cil) — apparel
- Northern Kurdish: cil — apparel
- Northern Kurdish: kinc — apparel
- Northern Kurdish: cilûberg — apparel
- Northern Kurdish: libas — apparel
- Northern Kurdish: çek — apparel
- Kyrgyz: кийим (kiyim) — apparel
- Lao: ສົ້ງເສື້ອ (song sư̄a) — apparel
- Lao: ເສື້ອຜ້າ (sư̄a phā) — apparel
- Lao: ເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງ (khư̄ang nung) — apparel
- Ladin: guant — apparel
- Latin: vestīmenta — apparel
- Latin: vestītus (4th decl.) — apparel
- Latin: vestis — apparel
- Latin: velāmen — apparel
- Latvian: drēbes — apparel
- Lithuanian: apranga — apparel
- Macedonian: облека (obleka) — apparel
- Malay: pakaian — apparel
- Maltese: ħwejjeġ — apparel
- Māori: kākahu — apparel
- Māori: ko(w)heka — apparel
- Mauritian Creole: linz — apparel
- Middle English: clething — apparel
- Central Sierra Miwok: ˀyká·py- — apparel
- Mongolian: хувцас (xuvcas) — apparel
- Mongolian: хунар (xunar) — apparel
- Mudburra: abaaba — apparel
- Navajo: ééʼ — apparel
- Nepali: कपडा (kapaḍā) — apparel
- Ngarrindjeri: mayinggar — apparel
- Nogai: кийим (kiyim) — apparel
- Norwegian Bokmål: klær — apparel
- Norwegian Bokmål: bekledning — apparel
- Occitan: vestit — apparel
- Occitan: rauba — apparel
- Church Slavic: одежда (odežda) — apparel
- Old English: clāþas — apparel
- Old English: wǣd — apparel
- Oromo: uffata — apparel
- Ossetian: дарӕс (daræs) — apparel
- Ossetian: уӕлӕдарӕс (wælædaræs) — apparel
- Ossetian: дзаума (ʒawma) — apparel
- Pannonian Rusyn: шмати (šmati) — apparel
- Pannonian Rusyn: облєчиво (oblječivo) — apparel
- Pashto: البسه (albesá) — apparel
- Pashto: نواري (nawārí) — apparel
- Pashto: لباس (lebās) — apparel
- Pashto: پوشاک (pošāk) — apparel
- Pennsylvania German: Gleeder — apparel
- Dari: پوشَاک (pōšāk) — apparel
- Dari: لِبَاس (libās) — apparel
- Iranian Persian: پوشاک (pušâk) — apparel
- Iranian Persian: لِباس (lebâs) — apparel
- Polish: ubrania — apparel
- Polish: odzież — apparel
- Portuguese: roupa — apparel
- Portuguese: vestuário — apparel
- Punjabi: ਬਸਤਰ (bastar) — apparel
- Punjabi: ਕੱਪੜੇ (kappaṛe) — apparel
- Punjabi: ਪਹਿਰਾਵਾ (pahirāvā) — apparel
- Punjabi: ਪੁਸ਼ਾਕ (puśāk) — apparel
- Punjabi: ਪੋਸ਼ਾਕ (pośāk) — apparel
- Quechua: p'acha — apparel
- Romani: gada — apparel
- Romanian: haine — apparel
- Romanian: îmbrăcăminte — apparel
- Romanian: rufe — apparel
- Russian: оде́жда (odéžda) — apparel
- Russian: одёжа (odjóža) — apparel
- Scottish Gaelic: aodach — apparel
- Serbo-Croatian: о̏дећа — apparel
- Serbo-Croatian: о̏дјећа — apparel
- Serbo-Croatian: о̀дежда — apparel
- Serbo-Croatian: ȍdeća — apparel
- Serbo-Croatian: ȍdjeća — apparel
- Serbo-Croatian: òdežda — apparel
- Sidamo: uddano — apparel
- Slovak: oblečenie — apparel
- Slovak: šaty — apparel
- Slovak: oblek — apparel
- Slovene: obleka — apparel
- Slovene: perílo — apparel
- Somali: lebis — apparel
- Sotho: diaparo — apparel
- Spanish: ropa — apparel
- Spanish: trapos — apparel
- Sranan Tongo: krosi — apparel
- Swahili: nguo — apparel
- Swedish: kläder — apparel
- Tagalog: kasuotan — apparel
- Tagalog: damit — apparel
- Tajik: либос (libos) — apparel
- Tajik: пӯшок (püšok) — apparel
- Tamil: உடுப்பு (uṭuppu) — apparel
- Tamil: உடை (uṭai) — apparel
- Tamil: ஆடை (āṭai) — apparel
- Tamil: துணி (tuṇi) — apparel
- Tarifit: arruḍ — apparel
- Tatar: кием (kiyem) — apparel
- Thai: เสื้อผ้า (sʉ̂ʉa-pâa) — apparel
- Tibetan: ན་བཟའ (na bza') — apparel
- Tibetan: དུག་སློག (dug slog) — apparel
- Tocharian B: wastsi — apparel
- Tofa: кедім (kedim) — apparel
- Tok Pisin: klos — apparel
- Tongan: vala — apparel
- Turkish: giyim — apparel
- Turkish: giysi — apparel
- Turkish: örtüler — apparel
- Turkmen: geýim — apparel
- Turkmen: egin-eşik — apparel
- Ukrainian: о́дяг (ódjah) — apparel
- Ukrainian: оде́жа (odéža) — apparel
- Ukrainian: о́діж (ódiž) — apparel
- Urdu: کَپْڑے (kapṛe) — apparel
- Urdu: لِباس (libās) — apparel
- Urdu: پوشاک (pośāk) — apparel
- Urum: кийим (kiyim) — apparel
- Urum: т'ийим (t́iyim) — apparel
- Uyghur: كىيىم (kiyim) — apparel
- Uzbek: kiyim — apparel
- Uzbek: libos — apparel
- Vietnamese: quần áo — apparel
- Vietnamese: đồ — apparel
- Welsh: dillad — apparel
- Welsh: dilledyn — apparel
- West Flemish: klêers — apparel
- Winnebago: wainį — apparel
- Woiwurrung: gugarra — apparel
- Wolaytta: maayuwa — apparel
- Wolof: yéré — apparel
- Yakut: таҥас (taŋas) — apparel
- Yiddish: אָנטאָן (onton) — apparel
- Yiddish: קליידער (kleyder) — apparel
- Yoruba: aṣọ — apparel
- Yoruba: ẹ̀wù — apparel
- Zhuang: buh — apparel
- Zhuang: buhvaq — apparel
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