undress

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ dress.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŭn-drĕs', IPA: /ʌnˈdɹɛs/, X-SAMPA: /Vn"dres/
• IPA: /ʌnˈdʒɹɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

undress (third-person singular simple present undresses, present participle undressing, simple past and past participle undressed)

1. (reflexive) To remove one's clothing. [from 16th c.]
2. (intransitive) To remove one’s clothing. [from 17th c.]
3. (transitive) To remove the clothing of (someone). [from 17th c.]
4. (transitive, figuratively) To strip of something. [from 17th c.]
5. To take the dressing, or covering, from.

   to undress a wound

Translations

(intransitive) remove one's clothing

• Arabic: تعرى (ar) (tá3arra), اِنْجَرَدَ (ar) (injarada)
• Azeri: soyunmaq (az)
• Breton: diwiskañ (br)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脫衣 (cmn), 脱衣 (cmn) (tuōyī), 脫掉衣服 (cmn), 脱掉衣服 (cmn) (tuōdiào yīfú)

• Czech: svléct (cs) se, svléknout (cs) se, svléci (cs) se
• Dutch: zich uitkleden
• Finnish: riisuuntua, riisuutua
• French: se déshabiller
• German: sich ausziehen
• Hungarian: levetkőzik (hu)
• Icelandic: afklæðast (is), fara (is) úr (is) föt (is)unum
• Italian: svestirsi (it)
• Japanese: 着物を脱ぐ (ja) (きものをぬぐ, kimono-o nugu), 服を脱ぐ (ja) (ふくをぬぐ, fuku-o nugu)

• Jèrriais: sé d'sabilyi
• Korean: 옷을 벗다 (ko) (oseul beotta)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: xwe veşelandin, (cil) ji ber xwe kirin, xwe rûs kirin, xwe tazî kirin

  Sorani: خۆ داکه‌نین (ku) (kho dAkaneen)

• Polish: rozbierać (pl)
• Portuguese: despir-se
• Russian: раздеваться (ru) (razdevát’sja)  impf., раздеться (ru) (razdét’sja)  pf.
• Slovene: sleči se (sl)
• Spanish: desvestirse, desnudarse
• Swedish: klä av (sv) sig
• Turkish: soyunmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: роздягатися (uk) (rozdjahátysja) 

(transitive) remove somebody’s clothing

• Arabic: تعرى (ar) (tá3arra)
• Azeri: soymaq (az)
• Breton: diwiskañ (br)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脫衣 (cmn), 脱衣 (cmn) (tuōyī), 脫掉衣服 (cmn), 脱掉衣服 (cmn) (tuōdiào yīfú)

• Czech: svléknout (cs), svlékat (cs), svléci (cs)
• Dutch: uitkleden (nl)
• Finnish: riisua (fi)
• French: déshabiller (fr)
• German: ausziehen (de)
• Hungarian: levetkőztet (hu)
• Icelandic: afklæða (is)
• Japanese: 着物を脱ぐ (ja) (きものをぬぐ, kimono-o nugu), 服を脱ぐ (ja) (ふくをぬぐ, fuku-o nugu)

• Jèrriais: d'sabilyi
• Korean: 옷을 벗다 (ko) (oseul beotta)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: veşelandin, (cil) ji ber kirin, rûs kirin, tazî kirin

• Polish: rozbierać się (pl)
• Portuguese: despir (pt)
• Quechua: ch'utiy (qu)
• Russian: раздевать (ru) (razdevát’)  impf., раздеть (ru) (razdét’)  pf.
• Spanish: desvestir (es)
• Swedish: klä av (sv)
• Turkish: soymak (tr)
• Ukrainian: роздягати (uk) (rozdjaháty) 

Antonyms

• dress

Derived terms

• undress with one's eyes

Noun

undress (uncountable)

1. the state of having little or no clothes on

Translations

state of having little of no clothes on

• Icelandic: klæðaleysi (is) n

Anagrams

• sunders