clothing

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/
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• General-American: /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/
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• Scotland: /ˈkloðɪŋ/
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• Wales: /ˈkloːðɪŋ/ without the toe–tow merger
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From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish klädning (“dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.

280 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: klere — clothes
• Alabama: ilokfa — clothes
• Albanian: veshje f Ndres (geg) — clothes
• Arabic: مَلَابِس (malābis) — clothes
• Arabic: ثِيَاب (ṯiyāb) — clothes
• Arabic: هدوم (hudūm) — clothes
• Arabic: لبس (libs) — clothes
• Arabic: ملابس (malābes) — clothes
• Arabic: لبس (libs) — clothes
• Arabic: ملابس (malābes) — clothes
• Arabic: هدوم (hdūm) — clothes
• Arabic: حوايج (ḥwāyij) — clothes
• Arabic: تياب (tyāb, tyēb) — clothes
• Arabic: أواعي (ʔawāʕi) — clothes
• Arabic: لبس (libs) — clothes
• Arabic: أواعي (ʔawāʕi) — clothes
• Arabic: ملابس (malābes) — clothes
• Arabic: تياب (tyāb) — clothes
• Aragonese: ropa — clothes
• Armenian: հագուստ (hagust) — clothes
• Armenian: զգեստ (zgest) — clothes
• Aromanian: vishtimintu — clothes
• Aromanian: nviscãmindu — clothes
• Aromanian: stranj — clothes
• Aromanian: stranjiu — clothes
• Aromanian: alãxãmintu — clothes
• Aromanian: stoli — clothes
• Aromanian: custumi — clothes
• Asturian: ropa — clothes
• Asturian: paxellu — clothes
• Atayal: lukus — clothes
• Avar: ретӏел (retʼel) — clothes
• Aymara: isi — clothes
• Azerbaijani: geyim — clothes
• Bambara: fini — clothes
• Bashkir: кейем (keyem) — clothes
• Basque: jantzi — clothes
• Belarusian: адзе́жа (adzjéža) — clothes
• Belarusian: адзе́нне (adzjénnje) — clothes
• Bengali: পোশাক (pōśak) — clothes
• Central Bikol: gubing — clothes
• Bislama: klos — clothes
• Breton: dilhad — clothes
• Budukh: гьалавар (halavar) — clothes
• Bulgarian: облекло́ (oblekló) — clothes
• Bulgarian: дре́хи (dréhi) — clothes
• Burmese: အဝတ်အစား (a.wat-a.ca:) — clothes
• Carpathian Rusyn: облечіня (oblečinja) — clothes
• Catalan: roba — clothes
• Chamicuro: ropa — clothes
• Chechen: бедар (bedar) — clothes
• Cherokee: ᏧᎾᏄᏬ (tsunanuwo) — clothes
• Cherokee: ᏗᎿᏬ (dihnawo) — clothes
• Chinese Cantonese: 衫 (saam1) — clothes
• Chinese Mandarin: 衣服 (yīfu) — clothes
• Chinese Mandarin: 衣裳 (yīshang) — clothes
• Chinese Mandarin: 衣著 /衣着 (yīzhuó) — clothes
• Chuvash: тумтир (tumt̬ir) — clothes
• Corsican: mutende — clothes
• Corsican: fascende — clothes
• Crimean Tatar: urba — clothes
• Czech: oblečení — clothes
• Dalmatian: vestemiant — clothes
• Danish: tøj — clothes
• Dutch: kleding — clothes
• Dutch: kledij — clothes
• Egyptian: mn:n-x:t-S27 (mnḫt) — clothes
• Egyptian: H-b-s-S28 (ḥbs) — clothes
• Esperanto: vestaĵo — clothes
• Estonian: rõivas — clothes
• Estonian: riie — clothes
• Estonian: riietus — clothes
• Estonian: rõivastus — clothes
• Faroese: klædnaður — clothes
• Faroese: klæði — clothes
• Fijian: isulu — clothes
• Finnish: vaatetus — clothes
• Finnish: vaatteet — clothes
• Finnish: pukimet — clothes
• Finnish: asu — clothes
• French: vêtements — clothes
• French: habits — clothes
• Old French: vestement — clothes
• Galician: roupa — clothes
• Georgian: ტანსაცმელი (ṭansacmeli) — clothes
• German: Gewand — clothes
• German: Kleidung — clothes
• German: Aaleggi — clothes
• Greek: ρούχο (roúcho) — clothes
• Ancient Greek: ἐσθής (esthḗs) — clothes
• Ancient Greek: ἱμάτια (himátia) — clothes
• Mbya Guarani: ao — clothes
• Gujarati: કપડાં (kapḍā̃) — clothes
• Haitian Creole: rad — clothes
• Hawaiian: lole — clothes
• Hebrew: לְבוּשׁ (levúsh) — clothes
• Hebrew: בְּגָדִים (b'gadim) — clothes
• Hindi: वस्त्र (vastra) — clothes
• Hindi: कपड़े (kapṛe) — clothes
• Hindi: परिधान (paridhān) — clothes
• Hungarian: ruha — clothes
• Hungarian: ruházat — clothes
• Icelandic: klæðnaður — clothes
• Icelandic: fatnaður — clothes
• Ido: vestaro — clothes
• Ilocano: bado — clothes
• Indonesian: pakaian — clothes
• Ingush: бедар (bedar) — clothes
• Interlingua: roba — clothes
• Inuktitut: ᐊᐅᑦᓯᓇᖅᑐᖅ (aotsinaqtoq) — clothes
• Irish: éadach — clothes
• Istriot: vesteîti — clothes
• Italian: abbigliamento — clothes
• Italian: vestiti — clothes
• Japanese: 服 (fuku) — clothes
• Japanese: 衣服 (ifuku) — clothes
• Japanese: 衣類 (irui) — clothes
• Javanese: sandhang — clothes
• Jeju: 옷 (ot) — clothes
• Kannada: ಉಡುಪು (uḍupu) — clothes
• Kapampangan: malan — clothes
• Kapampangan: piblas — clothes
• Karelian: vuatteus — clothes
• Kazakh: киім (kiım) — clothes
• Koasati: holikfa — clothes
• Korean: 옷 (ot) — clothes
• Korean: 의상 (uisang) — clothes
• Korean: 의복 (uibok) — clothes
• Kryts: halav — clothes
• Kyrgyz: кийим (kiyim) — clothes
• Lak: ливас (liwas) — clothes
• Lao: ສົ້ງເສື້ອ (song sư̄a) — clothes
• Latin: vestīmentum — clothes
• Latin: amiculum — clothes
• Latin: vestis — clothes
• Latin: vestītus — clothes
• Latvian: apģērbs — clothes
• Lezgi: ливас (livas) — clothes
• Limburgish: kleier — clothes
• Lithuanian: apranga — clothes
• Lithuanian: apdaras — clothes
• Macedonian: облека (obleka) — clothes
• Malagasy: akanjo — clothes
• Malay: pakaian — clothes
• Malayalam: വസ്ത്രം (vastraṁ) — clothes
• Malayalam: ഉടുപ്പ് (uṭuppŭ) — clothes
• Manchu: ᡝᡨᡠᡴᡠ (etuku) — clothes
• Manx: eaddagh — clothes
• Manx: eaddeeyn — clothes
• Māori: kākahu — clothes
• Māori: kaka — clothes
• Māori: pūeru — clothes
• Māori: pūweru — clothes
• Marathi: पोषाख (poṣākh) — clothes
• Western Mari: выргем (vyrgem) — clothes
• Mongolian: хувцас (xuvcas) — clothes
• Nahuatl: quemitl — clothes
• Navajo: ééʼ — clothes
• Norwegian Bokmål: klær — clothes
• Norwegian Bokmål: klesplagg — clothes
• Norwegian Bokmål: tøy — clothes
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klede — clothes
• Occitan: rauba — clothes
• Old Occitan: vestiment — clothes
• Church Slavic: одежда (odežda) — clothes
• Old English: clāþas — clothes
• Old English: sċrūd — clothes
• Old English: hræġl — clothes
• Old English: wǣd — clothes
• Old Tupi: aoba — clothes
• Oromo: uffata — clothes
• Ossetian: дарӕс (daræs) — clothes
• Ossetian: уӕлӕдарӕс (wælædaræs) — clothes
• Ossetian: дзаума (ʒawma) — clothes
• Pannonian Rusyn: шмати (šmati) — clothes
• Pannonian Rusyn: облєчиво (oblječivo) — clothes
• Iranian Persian: پوشاک (pušâk) — clothes
• Iranian Persian: لِباس (lebâs) — clothes
• Piedmontese: abijament — clothes
• Polish: ubrania — clothes
• Polish: odzież — clothes
• Portuguese: roupa — clothes
• Portuguese: veste — clothes
• Portuguese: vestidura — clothes
• Portuguese: vestimenta — clothes
• Portuguese: indumento — clothes
• Portuguese: traje — clothes
• Punjabi: ਕੱਪੜਾ (kappaṛā) — clothes
• Punjabi: ਪਹਿਰਾਵਾ (pahirāvā) — clothes
• Romagnol: abigliamént — clothes
• Romanian: îmbrăcăminte — clothes
• Romanian: haină — clothes
• Romansh: vestgids — clothes
• Russian: оде́жда (odéžda) — clothes
• Samoan: ‘ofu — clothes
• Sanskrit: वस्मन् (vasman) — clothes
• Sanskrit: वस्त्र (vastra) — clothes
• Sardinian: beltimenta — clothes
• Sardinian: bestimenta — clothes
• Scots: claes — clothes
• Scottish Gaelic: aodach — clothes
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏дећа — clothes
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏дјећа — clothes
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀дежда — clothes
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍdeća — clothes
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍdjeća — clothes
• Serbo-Croatian: òdežda — clothes
• Shona: zvipfeko — clothes
• Slovak: oblek — clothes
• Slovak: oblečenie — clothes
• Slovak: šaty — clothes
• Slovene: obleka — clothes
• Slovene: perílo — clothes
• Spanish: ropa — clothes
• Spanish: ropaje — clothes
• Spanish: indumentaria — clothes
• Spanish: indumento — clothes
• Spanish: vestido — clothes
• Spanish: vestidura — clothes
• Spanish: atuendo — clothes
• Spanish: atavío — clothes
• Spanish: vestimenta — clothes
• Spanish: pilchas — clothes
• Sranan Tongo: krosi — clothes
• Sundanese: baju — clothes
• Sundanese: raksukan — clothes
• Swahili: nguo — clothes
• Swahili: mavazi — clothes
• Swedish: kläder — clothes
• Tabasaran: дагъ (daġ) — clothes
• Tabasaran: палтар (paltar) — clothes
• Tabasaran: палат (palat) — clothes
• Tagalog: damit — clothes
• Tagalog: pananamit — clothes
• Tajik: либос (libos) — clothes
• Tamil: ஆடை (āṭai) — clothes
• Tamil: உடை (uṭai) — clothes
• Tamil: உடுப்பு (uṭuppu) — clothes
• Taos: páne — clothes
• Tarifit: arruḍ — clothes
• Tatar: кием (kiyem) — clothes
• Telugu: బట్టలు (baṭṭalu) — clothes
• Thai: เสื้อผ้า (sʉ̂ʉa-pâa) — clothes
• Tocharian B: wastsi — clothes
• Tok Pisin: klos — clothes
• Turkish: giysi — clothes
• Turkish: giyim kuşam — clothes
• Turkish: kıyafetler — clothes
• Turkmen: eginbaş — clothes
• Turkmen: lybas — clothes
• Turkmen: üst-baş — clothes
• Turkmen: geýim — clothes
• Ugaritic: 𐎍𐎁𐎌 (lbš) — clothes
• Ukrainian: о́дяг (ódjah) — clothes
• Ukrainian: оде́жа (odéža) — clothes
• Urdu: کَپْڑے (kapṛe) — clothes
• Urdu: لِباس (libās) — clothes
• Urdu: پوشاک (pośāk) — clothes
• Uzbek: kiyim — clothes
• Uzbek: libos — clothes
• Venetan: ròba — clothes
• Venetan: vestì — clothes
• Venetan: vestìo — clothes
• Veps: soba — clothes
• Vietnamese: quần áo — clothes
• Vietnamese: đồ — clothes
• Võro: rõivas — clothes
• Walloon: moussemint — clothes
• Walloon: abîyemint — clothes
• Welsh: dillad — clothes
• Woiwurrung: gugarra — clothes
• Xhosa: impahla — clothes
• Yakut: таҥас (taŋas) — clothes
• Yámana: uška — clothes
• Yoruba: aṣọ — clothes
• Yoruba: ẹ̀wù — clothes
• Yucatec Maya: nook’ — clothes
• Yucatec Maya: búuk — clothes
• Zazaki: pırtı — clothes
• Zulu: izingubo — clothes