noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈkɒs.tjuːm/
UK:/ˈkɒs.t͡ʃuːm/
General-American:/ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/
General-American:/ˈkɑsˌt͡ʃum/
General-American:/ˈkɑs.tʊm/
General-American:/ˈkɑs.təm/
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rhymes with (noun, verb) -ɒstum
rhymes with -ɒstjum
rhymes with -ɒstʃum
rhymes with -ɒstʊm
rhymes with -ɒstəm
rhymes with (verb) -uːm
General-American:/kɑsˈt(j)um/
General-American:/kɑsˈt͡ʃum/
CMU ARPABET:K AA0 S T UW1 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:K AA1 S T UW0 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The bride wore a grey going-away costume.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A swimming costume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French costume, from Italian costume, from Latin consuētūdō (“custom, habit”). Doublet of consuetude, custom, and kastom. Verb circa 1802, perhaps modelled on French costumer.
Across languages
Translations
149 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
kostum
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Arabic:
بَذْلَة
(baḏla)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Arabic:
بَدْلَة
(badla)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Arabic:
رِدَاء
(ridāʔ)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Armenian:
կոստյում
(kostyum)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Azerbaijani:
kostyum
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Belarusian:
касцю́м
(kascjúm)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Belarusian:
нара́д
(narád)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Bulgarian:
носия
(nosija)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Bulgarian:
костю́м
(kostjúm)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Chinese Mandarin:
服裝 /服装
(fúzhuāng)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Chinese Mandarin:
服飾 /服饰
(fúshì)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Czech:
kostým
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Czech:
oblek
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Danish:
kostume
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Dutch:
kostuum
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Dutch:
klederdracht
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Esperanto:
kostumo
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Finnish:
puku
— dress of a particular country, period or people
French:
costume
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Galician:
traxe
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Georgian:
კოსტუმი
(ḳosṭumi)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
German:
Kostüm
— dress of a particular country, period or people
German:
Tracht
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Greek:
ενδυμασία
(endymasía)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Hebrew:
לְבוּשׁ
(levúsh)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Hindi:
पोशाक
(pośāk)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Hungarian:
viselet
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Indonesian:
kostum
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Italian:
costume
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Japanese:
衣装
(ishō)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Japanese:
衣裳
(ishō)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Japanese:
服装
(fukusō)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Japanese:
服飾
(fukushoku)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Kazakh:
костюм
(kostüm)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Kazakh:
кәстөм
(kästöm)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Korean:
복장
(bokjang)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Korean:
의상
(uisang)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Kyrgyz:
костюм
(kostyum)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Macedonian:
костум
(kostum)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Macedonian:
носија
(nosija)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Macedonian:
костим
(kostim)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Malay:
kostum
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Norwegian Bokmål:
drakt
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Norwegian Bokmål:
klesdrakt
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Norwegian Nynorsk:
drakt
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Norwegian Nynorsk:
klesdrakt
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Paicî:
näwêê
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Persian:
کاستیوم
(kâstyum)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Polish:
strój
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Polish:
kostium
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Portuguese:
traje
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Portuguese:
costume
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Romanian:
costum
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Russian:
костю́м
(kostjúm)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Russian:
наря́д
(narjád)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Scottish Gaelic:
culaidh
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Scottish Gaelic:
èideadh
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Serbo-Croatian:
ношња
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Serbo-Croatian:
nošnja
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Sicilian:
custumi
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Slovak:
kostým
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Slovak:
oblek
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Slovak:
úbor
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Slovene:
noša
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Spanish:
traje
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Swedish:
dräkt
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Swedish:
kostym
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Swedish:
folkdräkt
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Tajik:
костюм
(kostyum)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Turkish:
kostüm
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Turkmen:
kostýum
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Ukrainian:
костю́м
(kostjúm)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Ukrainian:
наря́д
(narjád)
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Uzbek:
kostyum
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Vietnamese:
phục sức
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Vietnamese:
trang phục
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Vietnamese:
y phục
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Vietnamese:
quần áo
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Welsh:
costiwm
— dress of a particular country, period or people
Welsh:
costiymau
— dress of a particular country, period or people
