Meaning of the word clothes

Dressed as I was in the mollah bashi’s clothes, my first care was to make such alterations in them that they should not hold me up to suspicion, and this I did for a trifling expense at an old clothes’ shop, although, at the same time, I took care not to part with any of the valuable articles which had fallen into my possession. ❋ James Morier (N/A)

There was a lawn tennis court and eleven indoor staff, there was fishing and shooting, and adventures for the children, with tree houses and charades; a family orchestra and dressing up in clothes from the huge dressing-up cupboard on wet days. ❋ Unknown (1939)

As I said, all the knowledge I had about what message to give with the clothes is here invalid. ❋ Darwi (2009)

Another interesting thing I see in the paintings besides the clothes is the women’s figures. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While others label clothes for heavier women «plus sizes,» she dubs them «real sizes.» ❋ Unknown (2008)

When I am drying my clothes is my most comfortable moment! ❋ B. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu (1920)

The chief god with white hair and wonderful clothes — It is what they call clothes; under it they are as you and me, only the color is different — the chief god will give many bells to any folk who can show him the way to Quinsai. ❋ Unknown (1922)

Upon those views, I began to consider about putting the few rags I had, which I called clothes, into some order. ❋ Unknown (1895)

Upon these views I began to consider about putting the few rags I had, which I called clothes, into some order; I had worn out all the waistcoats I had, and my business was now to try if I could not make jackets out of the great watch-coats which I had by me, and with such other materials as I had; so I set to work, tailoring, or rather, indeed, botching, for I made most piteous work of it. ❋ Unknown (1719)

Upon these views, I began to consider about putting the few rags I had, which I called clothes, into some order: I had worn out all the waistcoats I had, and my business was now to try if I could not make jackets out of the great watch-coats that I had by me, and with such other materials as I had; so I set to work a tailoring, or rather, indeed; a botching, for I made most piteous work of it. ❋ Daniel Defoe (1696)

Dress your child comfortably, in clothes that are easily removed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dress your child comfortably, in clothes that are easily removed (Sweat clothes, t — shirts). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hey, [put on] some clothes before people [stare] at you like [creeps]. ❋ Edgymofo (2021)

Gavin dry-humped [Roberta] [on the bus]. Since they both wore clothes, [copulation] was avoided. ❋ Killing Kittens (2006)

Many people are being [classified] based on [what kind] of clothes they wear. You’ve probably [done it], too. ❋ Matt (2005)

[I don’t wanna] wear clothes. [Its too much] [to carry]. ❋ Ive Been Jammin @ UD.com (2008)

[Girl]: «Like [OMG] where [did you] get those clothes?!» ❋ Gemini18 (2007)

My clothes were made in [Indonesia]. They [already] traveled [the world]. ❋ Sheeeeeeeesh (2019)

[driving] on [the road] is [optional], like pants ❋ Slab (2004)

why can’t we just have [fur] like other [animals], [why do] we have to use clothes? ❋ Quinn Is My Fake Name (2021)

[Bitch], [put on] your [clothes] ❋ Alomar (2005)

Rick: Yo dude, did you [see Alice’s] clotheds?
Steve: What? I got [nudes].. [Tough luck] man. ❋ MRSLADYMISSY (2018)

  • Afrikaans: klere (af)
  • Albanian: rroba, tesha, veshje (sq) f, enë (sq)
  • Arabic: مَلَابِس‎ f (malābis), ثِيَاب‎ f (ṯiyāb), كِسْوَة‎ f (kiswa)
    Egyptian Arabic: هدوم(hidūm), لبس‎ m (libs)
  • 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), paltar (az), libas, əyin
  • Bashkir: кейем (keyem)
  • Basque: arropa
  • Belarusian: адзе́жа f (adzjéža), адзе́нне n (adzjénnje)
  • Bengali: পোশাক (bn) (pōśak), কাপড় (bn) (kapôṛ)
  • Bulgarian: облекло́ (bg) n (oblekló), дре́хи (bg) pl (dréhi), оде́жда (bg) f (odéžda) (church vestment)
  • Burmese: အဝတ်အစား (my) (a.wat-a.ca:)
  • Catalan: roba (ca)
  • Cebuano: sinina
  • Central Sierra Miwok: ˀyká·py-
  • Chamicuro: ropa
  • Cherokee: ᏧᎾᏄᏬ (tsunanuwo), ᏗᎿᏬ (dihnawo)
  • Chickasaw: naafka
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 衣服 (ji1 fuk6), 服裝服装 (fuk6 zong1), 衣著 (ji1 zoek3), 衣着 (ji1 zoek3), 衫褲衫裤 (saam1 fu3), (saam1)
    Dungan: йишон (yišon), йифу (yifu)
    Hakka: 服裝服装 (fu̍k-chông), 衫褲衫裤 (sâm-fu)
    Mandarin: 衣服 (zh) (yīfu), 服裝服装 (zh) (fúzhuāng), (colloquial) 衣裳 (zh) (yīshang), 衣著 (zh) (yīzhuó), 衣着 (zh) (yīzhuó)
    Min Dong: 衣裳 (ĭ-siòng)
    Min Nan: 衣服 (i-ho̍k), 服裝服装 (zh-min-nan) (ho̍k-tsong), 衫褲衫裤 (saⁿ-khò͘), 衫仔褲衫仔裤 (zh-min-nan) (saⁿ-á-khò͘),  (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
  • Dolgan: таӈас (taňas)
  • Dutch: kleren (nl) pl
  • Esperanto: vestaĵo (eo)
  • Estonian: kehakate, riided, riietus
  • Faroese: klæði n pl
  • Fataluku: faru
  • 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: ἐσθής f (esthḗs), ἱμάτια n pl (himátia)
  • Hawaiian: lole
  • Hebrew: בְּגָדִים‎ m pl (bgadím)
  • Hindi: कपड़े (hi) m pl (kapṛe)
  • Hungarian: ruha (hu), ruhák (hu)
  • Icelandic: föt (is) n pl
  • Ido: vesti (io), vestaro (io)
  • Ilocano: bado
  • Indonesian: pakaian (id)
  • Irish: éadach m
  • Istriot: vesteîti
  • Italian: vestiti (it) m pl, abbigliamento (it) m
  • Japanese: 衣服 (ja) (いふく, ifuku),  (ja) (ふく, fuku), 衣類 (ja) (いるい, irui)
  • Javanese: panganggo (jv)
  • Kalmyk: хувцн (huvtsn)
  • Kapampangan: malan
  • Karachay-Balkar: кийим (kiyim)
  • Karaim: kijit́
  • Kazakh: киім (kk) (kiım)
  • Khakas: кип (kip)
  • Khmer: ខោអាវ (khao ʼaaw), អាវ (km) (ʼaaw)
  • Korean:  (ko) (ot), 의복(衣服) (ko) (uibok)
  • Kumyk: гийим (giyim)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: بەرگ (ckb) (berg), جل(cil)
    Northern Kurdish: cil (ku), kinc (ku), cilûberg (ku), libas (ku), çek (ku)
  • Kyrgyz: кийим (ky) (kiyim)
  • Lao: ສົ້ງເສື້ອ (song sư̄a), ເສື້ອຜ້າ (sư̄a phā), ເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງ (khư̄ang nung)
  • Latin: vestīmenta n pl, vestītus m (4th decl.), vestis f (mass noun), velāmen n (mass noun, poetic)
  • Latvian: drēbes f pl
  • Lithuanian: apranga f
  • Macedonian: облека f (obleka)
  • Malay: pakaian (ms)
  • Maltese: ħwejjeġ pl
  • Maori: kākahu, ko(w)heka
  • Middle English: clething
  • Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: хувцас (mn) (xuvcas), хунар (mn) (xunar)
  • Navajo: ééʼ
  • Nepali: कपडा (ne) (kapaḍā)
  • Ngarrindjeri: mayinggar
  • Nogai: кийим (kiyim)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: klær (no) pl, bekledning f
  • Occitan: vestit (oc) m
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    Cyrillic: одежда f (odežda)
  • Old English: clāþas m pl
  • Oromo: uffata
  • Ossetian: дарӕс (daræs), уӕлӕдарӕс (wælædaræs), дзаума (ʒawma)
  • Pashto: البسه‎ f pl (albesá), نواري‎ m pl (nawārí)
  • Pennsylvania German: Gleeder n pl
  • 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
  • Romani: gada m pl
  • Romanian: haine (ro) f pl, îmbrăcăminte (ro) f, rufe (ro) f pl
  • Russian: оде́жда (ru) f (odéžda), одёжа (ru) f (odjóža) (colloquial, dated)
  • Scottish Gaelic: aodach m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: о̏дећа f, о̏дјећа f, о̀дежда f
    Roman: ȍdeća f, ȍdjeća f, òdežda (sh) f
  • Sidamo: uddano
  • Slovak: oblečenie n, šaty pl, oblek m
  • Slovene: obleka (sl) f, perílo n
  • Southern Altai: кийим (kiyim)
  • Somali: lebis
  • Sotho: diaparo
  • Spanish: ropa (es) f, trapos (es) m pl (despective)
  • Swedish: kläder (sv) c pl
  • Tagalog: kasuotan, damit
  • Tajik: либос (tg) (libos)
  • Tamil: உடுப்பு (ta) (uṭuppu), உடை (ta) (uṭai), ஆடை (ta) (āṭai), துணி (ta) (tuṇi)
  • Tatar: кием (tt) (kiyem)
  • Thai: เสื้อผ้า (th) (sʉ̂ʉa-pâa)
  • Tibetan: ན་བཟའ (na bza’), དུག་སློག (dug slog)
  • Tocharian B: wastsi
  • Tofa: кедім (kedim)
  • Tok Pisin: klos
  • Turkish: giyim (tr), giysi (tr), örtüler (tr)
  • Turkmen: geýim, egin-eşik
  • Ukrainian: о́дяг (uk) m (ódjah), оде́жа f (odéža), о́діж f (ódiž)
  • Urdu: کپڑے‎ m pl (kapṛe), لباس(libās)
  • Urum: кийим (kiyim) ,т’ийим (t́iyim)
  • Uyghur: كىيىم (ug) (kiyim)
  • Uzbek: kiyim (uz), libos (uz)
  • Vietnamese: quần áo (vi), trang phục (vi), đồ (vi)
  • Welsh: dillad (cy) pl, dilledyn (cy) m
  • West Flemish: klêers pl
  • White Hmong: khaub ncaws
  • Winnebago: wainį
  • Yakut: таҥас (tañas)
  • Yiddish: אָנטאָן‎ n (onton), קליידער‎ n pl (kleyder)
  • Yoruba: aṣọ, ẹ̀wù
  • Zhuang: buh, buhvaq

often attributive

1

: clothing

I need new clothes for the winter.

2

: bedclothes

I have been awake ever since 5 and sooner, I fancy I had too much clothes over my stomachJane Austen

3

: all the cloth articles of personal and household use that can be washed

I always wash clothes on Mondays.

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

The photo collection started with a rather comical picture of Hadid sprawled on the concrete floor of a dressing room – as the star is lying down in a pink sweatshirt, leggings, ballet-core leg warmers and surrounded by racks of clothes.


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A few kilometers away, families stand with boxes full of winter clothes at a donation center.


Fariba Nawa, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2023





Copeland, who was hiding in a pile of clothes, shot Michalski in the head.


Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023





At just over 5 pounds, this hardside suitcase is lightweight and compact while still fitting an impressive amount of clothes.


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Experts say these are the types of clothes that are fine to wear repeatedly without washing.


Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023





As a matter of fact, some of those clothes were my own — my own sweatpants and my own t-shirt.


Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023





He was found under a pile of clothes in the basement of the house.


Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2023





The regional winter response team got to work early Monday providing shelter, meals, showers and a change of clothes to vulnerable populations as freezing temperatures and sleet crept into the area.


Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2023



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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English clāthas, plural of clāth — see cloth

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of clothes was
before the 12th century

Dictionary Entries Near clothes

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“Clothes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clothes. Accessed 14 Apr. 2023.

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Merriam-Webster unabridged

одежда, платье, постельное белье

существительное

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Словосочетания

clothes as ragged as a scarecrow’s — одежда изорвана, словно на пугале  
with clothes wet by splashed water — в забрызганной водой одежде  
doll clothes — одежда для кукол  
designer clothes — одежда от известного дизайнера, авторская одежда  
dolls’ clothes — одежда для кукол  
clothes emporium — магазин одежды  
informal clothes — обычная одежда  
to jump into one’s clothes — быстро, наспех одеться  
to leave off one’s winter clothes — перестать носить, снять тёплые вещи  
tastelessly matched clothes — безвкусно подобранная одежда  
nifty clothes — модная одежда  
clothes makes the man — одежда красит человека  

Примеры с переводом

Are the clothes dry yet?

Одежда уже высохла?

My clothes smelt of smoke.

Моя одежда пропахла дымом.

Clothes make the man.

Одежда красит человека. / Встречают по одёжке, провожают по уму.

These clothes don’t fit him.

Этот комплект на нём не сидит.

Put on your warmest clothes — it’s freezing outside.

Надевай самую теплую одежду: на улице мороз.

Soak the clothes in cold water.

Замочите одежду в холодной воде.

Clothes littered the floor.

Одежда валялась на полу.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Do you get an allowance for clothes?

What sort of clothes was he wearing?

All my clothes are falling to pieces.

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Britannica Dictionary definition of CLOTHES

[plural]

:

the things that people wear to cover their bodies and that are usually made from cloth

  • heavy winter clothes [=clothing]

  • I need some new clothes for the summer.

  • My sister and I borrow each other’s clothes all the time.

  • Always wear your best clothes for interviews.

  • dress clothes [=fancy or formal things to wear]

  • work clothes [=things you wear at work]

  • He changed his clothes.

  • I bought a new clothes dryer/washer.

  • a clothes hamper




see also plain clothes at 1plain

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