uniform

See also Uniform

English

Wikipedia

Japanese schoolgirls wearing school uniforms.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m
• (UK) IPA: /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/, SAMPA: /"ju:nIfO:m/
• (US) enPR: yo͞oʹnə-fôrm, IPA: /ˈjunəfɔrm/, SAMPA: /"jun@fOrm/

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Adjective

uniform (comparative more uniform, superlative most uniform)

1. Unvarying; all the same.
2. Consistent; conforming to one standard.

Derived terms

• uniformity
• uniformly

Translations

unvarying

Croatian: ùnifōrman (hr), jednoòbrazan (hr), jednòličan (hr) Czech: uniformní (cs), jednotvárný (cs) Dutch: uniform (nl), gelijk (nl), onveranderlijk (nl) Esperanto: unuforma (eo) Estonian: ühetaoline (et) Finnish: yhdenmukainen French: uniforme (fr) Galician: uniforme (gl) German: gleichförmig (de) Greek: ομοιόμορφος (omeómorphos) Hungarian: egyforma (hu)

Italian: uniforme (it) Japanese: 統一された (ja) (tōitsu-sareta), 画一な (ja) (kakuitsu-na), 一定の (ja) (ittei-no) Korean: 같다 (gatda) Maltese: uniformi (mt) f. Manx: colaik (gv) Portuguese: uniforme (pt) Russian: однообразный (ru) (odnoobráznyj) Swahili: sare (sw) Swedish: likformig, oföränderlig (in time)

consistent

Croatian: konzistèntan (hr), póstojān (hr) Dutch: uniform (nl), consistent (nl) Finnish: yhtenäinen (fi) German: einheitlich (de) Hungarian: egyforma (hu) Italian: uniforme (it) Japanese: 普遍な (ja) (fuhen-na), 統一された (ja) (tōitsu-sareta)

Korean: 일정 (一定, iljeong) Manx: colaik (gv) Russian: единообразный (ru) (jedinoobráznyj) Swahili: sare (sw) Swedish: konsistent (sv) Welsh: unffurf (cy)

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Arabic: منتظم (muntáʐam) Mandarin: 整齊, 整齐 (zhěngqí) Dutch: eenvormig (nl)

Portuguese: uniforme (pt) Spanish: uniforme (es)

Noun

The uniform worn by a soldier from the Luxembourg Army

uniform (plural uniforms)

1. A distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group.
2. Phonetic equivalent for the letter U in the ICAO spelling alphabet, informally known as the NATO phonetic alphabet.
3. A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
   • 1996, S. J. Rozan, Concourse,^[1] Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-95944-3, page 265,

     Skeletor held the gun against Speedo’s head, held Speedo between himself and the cops who stood, motionless and futile, where they’d stopped. Robinson, Lindfors, Carter, three uniforms and I watched helpless as Skeletor, dragging Speedy with him, inched out the gate, started backing down the hill.

   • 2001, Christine Wiltz, The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld,^[2] Da Capo Press, ISBN 0-306-81012-3, page 113,

     Four men flew out of it, three uniforms and one in what appeared to be an English riding outfit—boots, whip, the whole nine yards. […] He called out, “I’m the superintendent of police.”

   • 2004, Will Christopher Baer, Penny Dreadful,^[3] MacAdam/Cage Publishing, ISBN 1-931561-81-8, page 81,

     Eyes to the front now and there was the body, a lump of black and brown. Moon counted three uniforms and a photographer, the medical examiner and his assistant.

Translations

distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group

Arabic: زي (zey) m. Armenian: համազգեստ (hy) (hamazgest) Chinese: Mandarin: 制服 (zh) (zhìfú) Croatian: òdora (hr) f., ùnifōrma (hr) f. Czech: uniforma (cs) f. Dutch: uniform (nl) n. Esperanto: uniformo (eo) Estonian: univorm (et) Finnish: virkapuku, univormu French: uniforme (fr) m. German: Uniform (de) f. Greek: στολή (el) (stolí) f. Hebrew: מדים (he) (madím) m. pl. Hungarian: egyenruha (hu) Italian: uniforme (it) m.

Japanese: 制服 (ja) (せいふく, seifuku), ユニフォーム (ja) (yunifōmu) Korean: 제복 (ko) (jebok) (制服 (ko)) Latin: ornatus (la) m. Polish: mundur m., mundurek m. (school uniform), uniform m. (rare) Portuguese: uniforme (pt) m., farda (pt) Romanian: uniformă (ro) f. Russian: форма (ru) (fórma) f., униформа (ru) (unifórma) f. Scottish Gaelic: èideadh (gd) m., culaidh (gd) f. Slovene: uniforma (sl) f. Spanish: uniforme (es) m. Swahili: sare (sw), yunifomu (sw) Swedish: uniform (sv) c. Volapük: leiged (vo) Welsh: ffurfwisg (cy) f.

the letter "U" in ICAO spelling alphabet

Estonian: Uuno (et) Finnish: Urho (fi)

Swahili: sare (sw)

Verb

uniform (third-person singular simple present uniforms, present participle uniforming, simple past and past participle uniformed)

1. (transitive) To clothe in a uniform.
   • 1910, Robert W. Chambers, Ailsa Paige^[4]:

     You can't erect an army by uniforming and drilling a few hundred thousand clerks and farmers.

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• IPA: /yniˈfɔrm/

Noun

uniform n. (plural uniformen, diminutive uniformpje)

1. Uniform; a distinctive outfit.

Adjective

uniform (comparative uniformer, superlative uniformst)

1. Uniform.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [uˈɲifɔrm]

Noun

uniform m.

1. (rare) uniform

Declension

    declension of uniform

	singular	plural
nominative	uniform	uniformy
genitive	uniformu	uniformów
dative	uniformowi	uniformom
accusative	uniform	uniformy
instrumental	uniformem	uniformami
locative	uniformie	uniformach
vocative	uniformie	uniformy

Synonyms

• mundur, mundurek

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Romanian

Etymology

Latin uniformis

Adjective

uniform ^{mn nom/acc forms}

1. uniform

Related terms

• uniformă
• uniformitate
• uniformiza
• uniformizabil
• uniformizat
• uniformizator

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Noun

uniform c.

1. Uniform; a distinctive outfit.

Declension

Declension of uniform

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	uniform	uniformen	uniformer	uniformerna
genitive	uniforms	uniformens	uniformers	uniformernas