Clothes

(klōthz or klōz; 277)

,

Noun.

pl.

[From

Cloth

.]

1.

Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; – a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort.

She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good

clothes

.

Shakespeare

If I may touch but his

clothes

, I shall be whole.

Mark. v. 28.

2.

The covering of a bed; bedclothes.

She turned each way her frighted head,
Then sunk it deep beneath the

clothes

.

Prior.

Syn. – Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture; raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments.

Clothes

CLOTHES

,

Noun.

plu.

Of cloth; pronounced cloze.

1.

Garments for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; a general term for whatever covering is worn, or made to be worn, for decency or comfort.

If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark 5.

2.

The covering of a bed; bed-clothes.

clothes

See also: cloþes

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kləʊ(ð)z/
(US) IPA^(key): /kloʊ(ð)z/
Homophone: close
Rhymes: -əʊðz, -əʊz

Noun

clothes

(plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess:
  Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
(obsolete) plural of cloth.
The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
- Prior
  She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.

Derived terms

terms derived from "clothes"

Translations

apparel

Afrikaans: klere
Albanian: rroba, veshje (sq) f
Arabic: مَلَابِس f ‎(malābis), ثِيَاب f ‎(ṯiyāb), كِسْوَة f ‎(kiswa)
Egyptian Arabic: هدوم ‎(hiduum)
Armenian: հագուստ (hy) ‎(hagust), զգեստ (hy) ‎(zgest)
Aromanian: vishtimintu n, nviscãmindu n, stranj n, stranjiu n, alãxãmintu n, stoli, custumi
Asturian: ropa f
Azeri: geyim (az)
Bashkir: кейем ‎(keyem)
Basque: arropa
Belarusian: адзе́жа f ‎(adzjéža), адзе́нне n ‎(adzjénnje)
Bengali: পোশাক ‎(poshak)
Bulgarian: облекло́ (bg) n ‎(oblekló), дре́хи (bg) pl ‎(dréhi)
Burmese: အဝတ်အစား (my) ‎(a.wata.ca:)
Catalan: roba (ca)
Chamicuro: ropa
Chinese:

Cantonese: 衣服 ‎(ji¹ fuk⁶), 服裝, 服装 ‎(fuk⁶ zong¹), 衣著, 衣着 ‎(ji¹ zoek³), 衫褲, 衫裤 ‎(saam¹ fu³), 衫 ‎(saam¹)

Hakka: 服裝, 服装 ‎(fu̍k-chông), 衫褲, 衫裤 ‎(sâm-fu)

Mandarin: 衣服 (zh) ‎(yīfu), 服裝 (zh), 服装 (zh) ‎(fúzhuāng), (colloquial) 衣裳 (zh) ‎(yīshang), 衣著 (zh), 衣着 (zh) ‎(yīzhuó)

Min Nan: 衣服 ‎(i-ho̍k), 服裝 (zh-min-nan), 服装 ‎(ho̍k-tsong), 衫褲, 衫裤 ‎(saⁿ-khò͘), 衫仔褲 (zh-min-nan), 衫仔裤 ‎(saⁿ-á-khò͘), 衫 (zh-min-nan) ‎(saⁿ)
Crimean Tatar: urba
Czech: oblečení (cs) n, šaty pl
Danish: tøj (da) n
Dutch: kleren (nl) pl
Esperanto: vestaĵo
Estonian: kehakate, riided
Faroese: klæði n pl
Finnish: vaate (fi)
French: vêtements (fr)
Galician: vestimenta (gl) f
Georgian: ტანსაცმელი ‎(ṭansacmeli)
German: Kleidung (de) f, Klamotten (de) f pl (colloquial)
Greek: ρούχο (el) n ‎(roúcho)
Hawaiian: lole
Hebrew: בגדים m pl ‎(bgadím)
Hindi: कपड़े (hi) m pl ‎(kapṛe)
Hungarian: ruha (hu), ruhák (hu)
Icelandic: föt (is) n pl
Indonesian: pakaian (id)
Irish: éadach m
Istriot: vesteîti
Italian: vestiti (it)
Japanese: 衣服 (ja) ‎(いふく, ifuku), 服 (ja) ‎(ふく, fuku), 衣類 (ja) ‎(いるい, irui)

Javanese: panganggo (jv)
Kalmyk: хувцн ‎(xuvtsn)
Kazakh: киім (kk) ‎(kïim)
Khmer: ខោអាវ ‎(kʰao aav), អាវ (km) ‎(aav)
Korean: 옷 (ko) ‎(ot), 의복 (ko) ‎(uibok) (衣服 (ko))
Kurdish: cil (ku), kinc (ku), cilûberg (ku), libas (ku), çek (ku), به‌رگ (ku), جل (ku)
Kyrgyz: кийим (ky) ‎(kiyim)
Lao: ສົ້ງເສື້ອ ‎(song sư̄a)
Latin: vestīmenta, vestītus
Latvian: drēbes f pl
Lithuanian: apranga
Macedonian: о́блека f ‎(óbleka)
Malay: pakaian
Mongolian: хувцас (mn) ‎(huvtsas), хунар (mn) ‎(hunar)
Navajo: ééʼ
Ngarrindjeri: mayinggar
Norwegian: bekledning f
Bokmål: klær (no) pl
Ossetian: дарӕс ‎(daræs), уӕлӕдарӕс ‎(wælædaræs), дзаума ‎(ʒawma)
Persian: لباس (fa) ‎(lebâs), پوشاک (fa) ‎(pušâk)
Polish: ubranie (pl) n, ubrania n pl, odzież (pl) m
Portuguese: roupa (pt) f, vestuário (pt) m
Quechua: p'acha
Romanian: haine (ro), îmbrăcăminte (ro), rufe
Russian: оде́жда (ru) f ‎(odéžda)
Scottish Gaelic: aodach m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: одећа f, одежда f

Roman: odeća (sh) f, odežda (sh) f
Slovak: oblečenie n, šaty pl, oblek m
Slovene: obleka (sl) f, perílo n
Sotho: diaparo
Spanish: ropa (es) f
Swedish: kläder (sv) c pl
Tagalog: kasuotan
Tajik: либос (tg) ‎(libos)
Tatar: кием (tt) ‎(kiyem)
Thai: เสื้อผ้า ‎(sêua pâa)
Tibetan: ན་བཟའ ‎(na bza')
Tok Pisin: klos
Turkish: giysi (tr), örtüler
Turkmen: geýim, egin-eşik
Ukrainian: о́дяг (uk) m ‎(ódjah), оде́жа f ‎(odéža)
Urdu: کپڑے m pl ‎(kapṛe), لباس ‎(libās)
Uzbek: kiyim (uz), libos (uz)
Vietnamese: quần áo (vi), trang phục (vi)
Welsh: dillad (cy) pl
Yiddish: אָנטאָן n ‎(onton)

Etymology 2

clothe +‎ -s

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kləʊðz/
(US) IPA^(key): /kloʊðz/
Rhymes: -əʊðz

Verb

clothes

third-person singular simple present indicative form of clothe

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Webster 1913 Edition

Clothes

Clothes

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Clothes

CLOTHES

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clothes

clothes

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Etymology 2

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