apparel

English

Etymology

Old French appareiller.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /əˈpærəl/
• (US) IPA: /ʌˈpɛɹ.əl/

Noun

apparel (uncountable)

1. clothing

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:clothing

Translations

clothing

• Bulgarian: облекло (bg) (obleklo), дрехи (bg) (drehi), одежда (bg) (odežda)
• Crimean Tatar: urba
• Dutch: kleding (nl)
• Esperanto: vestado (eo)
• Finnish: vaatetus (fi), vaatteet (fi)
• Hebrew: ביגוד (he) (bigúd) m
• Italian: abbigliamento (it) m

• Korean: 의복 (ko) (uibok), 의류 (ko) (uiryu), 복장 (ko) (bokjang)
• Manx: eaddeeyn (gv) m pl
• Norwegian: antrekk (no), påkledning (no)
• Portuguese: vestimenta (pt)
• Russian: одежда (ru) (odežda) f
• Serbo-Croatian: одећа (sh) f
• Spanish: atavío (es) m, ropa (es) f

Verb

apparel (third-person singular simple present apparels, present participle appareling or apparelling, simple past and past participle appareled or apparelled)

1. (transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.

   Ships . . . appareled to fight. --Hayward.

2. (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.

   They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. --Luke vii. 25.

3. (transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.

Translations

to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out

• Bulgarian: снаряжавам (bg) (snarjažavam)
• Finnish: varustaa (fi)

• Korean: 장비하다 (ko) (jangbihada)
• Russian: снаряжать (ru) (snarjažatʹ)

to dress or clothe

• Bulgarian: обличам (bg) (obličam)
• Finnish: pukeutua (fi), pukea (fi)
• Hebrew: הלביש (he) (hilbísh)

• Korean: 입히다 (ko) (ipida)
• Russian: одевать (ru) (odevatʹ), наряжать (ru) (narjažatʹ)

to deck

• Bulgarian: украсявам (bg) (ukrasjavam)
• Finnish: koristella (fi)
• Hebrew: עיטר (he) (itér)

• Korean: 꾸미다 (ko) (kkumida)
• Russian: наряжать (ru) (narjažatʹ), украшать (ru) (ukrašatʹ)

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• Portuguese: vestir
• Norwegian: kle på, antrekke