clothes

See also: cloþes

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English clothes, cloþes, from Old English clāþas (“clothes”), plural of clāþ (“cloth”), equivalent to cloth +‎ -s. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (“clothes”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kləʊ(ð)z/
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(US) IPA^(key): /kloʊ(ð)z/
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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"

clothes peg
clothespin
clotehspress
swaddling clothes
swathing clothes

Translations

apparel

Afrikaans: klere (af)
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
Azerbaijani: geyim (az)
Bashkir: кейем (keyem)
Basque: arropa
Belarusian: адзе́жа f (adzjéža), адзе́нне n (adzjénnje)
Bengali: পোশাক (pośak)
Bulgarian: облекло́ (bg) n (oblekló), дре́хи (bg) pl (dréhi)
Burmese: အဝတ်အစား (my) (a.wat-a.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)

Dungan: йишон (jišon), йифу (jifu)

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 Dong: 衣裳 (ĭ-siòng)

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)

Wu: 衣裳 (i zaan)
Crimean Tatar: urba
Czech: oblečení (cs) n, šaty (cs) pl
Danish: tøj (da) n, klæder pl (formal), beklædning c
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: Kleider (de) n pl, Kleidung (de) f (both rather formal); Anziehsachen (de) f pl, Klamotten (de) f pl (both informal)
Greek: ρούχο (el) n (roúcho)
Ancient Greek: ἐσθής f (esthḗs)
Hawaiian: lole
Hebrew: בְּגָדִים‎‎ 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)
Kapampangan: malan

Kazakh: киім (kk) (kïim)
Khmer: ខោអាវ (khao ʾaaw), អាវ (km) (ʾaaw)
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
Maltese: ħwejjeġ pl
Maori: kākahu
Mongolian: хувцас (mn) (huvtsas), хунар (mn) (hunar)
Navajo: ééʼ
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Ngarrindjeri: mayinggar
Norwegian: bekledning f
Bokmål: klær (no) pl
Ossetian: дарӕс (daræs), уӕлӕдарӕс (wælædaræs), дзаума (ʒawma)
Pashto: البسه‎‎ f pl (albesá), نواري‎‎ m pl (nawārí)
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, damit
Tajik: либос (tg) (libos)
Tatar: кием (tt) (kiyem)
Thai: เสื้อผ้า (sʉ̂ʉa-pâa)
Tibetan: ན་བཟའ (na bza'), དུག་སློག (dug slog)
Tok Pisin: klos
Turkish: giysi (tr), örtüler (tr)
Turkmen: geýim, egin-eşik
Ukrainian: о́дяг (uk) m (ódjah), оде́жа f (odéža)
Urdu: کپڑے‎‎ m pl (kapṛe), لباس‎‎ (libās)
Uyghur: كىيىم‎‎ (ug) (kiyim)
Uzbek: kiyim (uz), libos (uz)
Vietnamese: quần áo (vi), trang phục (vi)
Welsh: dillad (cy) pl, dilledyn (cy) m
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Winnebago: wainį
Yiddish: אָנטאָן‎‎ n (onton)
Zhuang: buh, buhvaq

Etymology 2

clothe +‎ -s

Pronunciation

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

Verb

clothes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clothe

Anagrams

cholest., closeth

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