wardrobe

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Etymology

From Old Northern French warderobe, a northern variant of garderobe, from garder ‘to keep safe’ + robe.

Noun

wardrobe (plural wardrobes)

1. A cabinet in which clothes may be stored.
2. The department (or people working in that department) that obtains and stores articles of clothing for use in theatrical or motion picture productions.
3. A collection of clothing.

Synonyms

• (the piece of furniture) cupboard, closet (US), press, shrank
• (the clothing department) costume department

Derived terms

• wardrobe malfunction
• wardrobe mistress

Translations

cabinet in which clothes may be stored

Arabic: خزانة (ar) (khizaana) f., خزانة ثوب (ar) (khizaanat thawb) f., خزانة الملابس (ar) (khizaanat al=malaabis) f. Armenian: զգեստապահարան (hy) (zgestapaharan), պահարան (hy) (paharan) Chinese: Mandarin: 衣櫥 (cmn), 衣橱 (cmn) (yīchú), 衣櫃 (cmn), 衣柜 (cmn) (yīguì) Cornish: gwiskti (kw) m., dilasva (kw) f. Croatian: òrmār (hr) m. Czech: šatník (cs) m., šatní skříň (cs) f., skříň (cs) f. Danish: garderobe (da) c., garderobeskab (da) n., klædeskab (da) n. Dutch: shrank (nl) Finnish: vaatekaappi (fi) French: garde-robe (fr) f., armoire (fr) German: Garderobe (de), Kleiderschrank (de)

Greek: ιματιοθήκη (el) (imatiothíki) f., ντουλάπα (el) (ntoulápa) f., ενδυματοθήκη (el) (endymatothíki) f. Hungarian: szekrény (hu), gardrób (hu) Irish: cófra m. Italian: armadio (it) Japanese: 洋服だんす (ja) (yōfuku-dansu), ワードローブ (ja) (wādorōbu) Norwegian: garderobeskap (no) n. Polish: szafa (pl) f. Portuguese: guarda-roupas (pt) Russian: шкаф (ru) (škaf) m., шифоньер (ru) (šifon'jér) m., гардероб (ru) (garderób) m. Spanish: armario (es) m., ropero (es) m., clóset (es) m., escaparate (es) m., empotrado (es) m., placard (es) m. Turkish: klozet (tr) Volapük: klotikipedöp (vo)

department in theater

Croatian: garderóba (hr) f. Czech: šatna (cs) f. Danish: garderobe (da) c. Finnish: puvusto (fi) Greek: ενδυματολόγιο (el) (enδimatolóγio) n., κοστούμια (el) (kostoúmia) n. pl., γκαρνταρόμπα (el) (gardaróba) f.

Irish: feisteas m. Italian: guardaroba (it) Polish: garderoba (pl) f. Russian: гардероб (ru) (gard'erób) m.

collection of clothing

Croatian: garderóba (hr) f. Czech: šatník (cs) m. Danish: garderobe (da) c. Finnish: vaatekaappi (fi) Greek: γκαρνταρόμπα (el) (gardaróba) f. Hungarian: gardrób (hu)

Italian: guardaroba (it) Japanese: 洋服一式 (ja) (yōfuku isshiki) Norwegian: garderobe (no) m. Polish: garderoba (pl) f. Russian: гардероб (ru) (garderób) m. Turkish: gardrop (tr)

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Afrikaans: klerekas Albanian: garderobë Arabic: خزانة ثوب Basque: armairu Serbo-Croatian: garderoba Bulgarian: гардероб (garderob) Catalan: guarda-roba Serbo-Croatian: garderoba Dutch: garderobe, kledingkast Esperanto: vestoŝranko Estonian: garderoob Faroese: skáp Galician: guardarropa Hebrew: מֶלְתָּחָה Hindi: vastragara Icelandic: fataskápur m. Indonesian: lemari pakaian Korean: 옷장 (os-jang) Latin: armarium Latvian: skapis Lithuanian: rūbinė Papiamentu: kashi Persian: ﻰﺘﺨﺭ ﺎﺠ Portuguese: guarda-roupa Romanian: garderobă Serbo-Croatian: гардероба (garderoba) Slovak: garderóba Slovene: garderoba Sranan Tongo: kroskasi Swahili: kabati Swedish: garderob c. Tagalog: aparador ng damit Thai: ตู้เสื้อผ้า (tusueapha) Turkmen: garderob Ukrainian: гардероб (harderob) Uyghur: kiyimchi Vietnamese: tủ quần áo Welsh: cwpwrdd dillad Yiddish: garderob

See also

• armoire
• lowboy
• tallboy

Anagrams

• drawbore