English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English clothing clathing clething cleading clothe -ing cleeding cleiding cleading “ clothing ” ), Dutch kleding “ clothing ” ), German Kleidung “ clothing ” ), Danish klædning “ clothing, dress, attire ” ), Swedish klädning “ dress ” ). Compare also cladding
Pronunciation [ edit ] clothing
Present participle of clothe .
A baby wearing many items of winter clothing: headband, cap, fur-lined coat, shawl and sweater
clothing (countable and uncountable plural clothings
Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics , animal hair , animal skin , or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth , to preserve modesty , or for fashion .
Milton
From others he shall stand in need of nothing, / Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing .
An act or instance of putting clothes on.
The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.
( obsolete ) The art of process of making cloth .
Ray
Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing .
A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler , or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat .
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Hyponyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
clothes
Afrikaans: klere pl
Alabama: ilokfa
Albanian: veshje f
Arabic: ملابس m malābis ), ثياب m ṯiyāb )
Aragonese: ropa f
Armenian: հագուստ hagust ), զգեստ zgest )
Aromanian: vishtimintu
Asturian: ropa f
Avar: ретӏел reṭel )
Aymara: isi
Azeri: geyim
Bambara: fini fini )
Bashkir: кейем keyem )
Basque: jantzi
Belarusian: адзе́жа f adzjéža ), адзе́нне n adzjénnje )
Bengali: পোশাক poshak )
Bislama: klos
Breton: dilhad (br)
Bulgarian: облекло́ (bg) n oblekló ), дре́хи (bg) pl dréhi )
Burmese: အဝတ်အစား (my) (a.wata.ca: )
Catalan: roba (ca) f
Chamicuro: ropa
Chechen: бедар biedar )
Cherokee: ᏧᎾᏄᏬ tsunanuwo )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 衣服 (zh) (yīfu ), 衣裳 (zh) (yīshang ), 衣著 (zh) , 衣着 (zh) (yīzhuó )
Chuvash: тумтир tumtir )
Corsican: mutende f pl fascende f pl
Crimean Tatar: urba
Czech: oblečení (cs) n
Danish: tøj (da) n
Dutch: kleding (nl) f kledij f
Esperanto: vestaĵo
Estonian: rõivas riie
Faroese: klædnaður f ( rare )
Fijian: isulu
Finnish: vaatetus (fi) , vaatteet (fi) , pukimet
French: vêtements (fr) m pl habits (fr) m pl
Galician: roupa (gl) f
Georgian: ტანსაცმელი tansac’meli )
German: Kleidung (de) f
Alemannic German: Aaleggi
Greek: ρούχο (el) n roúcho )
Gujarati: કપડાં kepeḍām )
Haitian Creole: rad
Hawaiian: lole
Hebrew: ביגוד בְּגָדִים pl b'gadim )
Hindi: वस्त्र vastra ), कपड़े m pl kapṛe )
Icelandic: klæðnaður (is) m fatnaður (is) m
Ido: vestaro (io)
Ilocano: bado
Indonesian: pakaian (id)
Ingush: бедар biedar )
Interlingua: roba
Inuktitut: ᐊᐅᑦᓯᓇᖅᑐᖅ (iu) (autsinaqtuq )
Irish: éadach m
Istriot: vesteîti
Italian: abbigliamento (it) m vestiti (it)
Japanese: 服 (ja) (ふく , fuku衣服 (ja) (いふく, ifuku ), 衣類 (ja) (いるい, irui )
Javanese: sandhang
Kannada: ಉಡುಪು (kn) (uḍupu )
Karelian: vuatteus
Kazakh: киім kïim )
Koasati: holikfa
Korean: 옷 (ko) (ot ), 의상 (ko) (uisang )
Kyrgyz: кийим kiyim )
Lak: ливас liwas )
Lao: ສົ້ງເສື້ອ song sư̄a )
Latin: vestīmentum n amiculum amiculum vestis vestītus
Latvian: apģērbs f
Lezgi: ливас livas )
Limburgish: kleier (li) m
Lithuanian: apranga apdaras
Macedonian: облека f obleka )
Malagasy: akanjo (mg)
Malay: pakaian
Malayalam: വസ്ത്രം (ml) (vastraṃ )
Manx: eaddagh m eaddeeyn m pl
Maori: kākahu pūeru
Marathi: पोषाख pōṣākha )
Mari:
Western: выргем vyrgem )
Mongolian: хувцас (mn) (huvtsas )
Nahuatl: quemitl
Navajo: ééʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: klær (no) pl klesplagg (no) n tøy (no) n
Nynorsk: klede pl
Occitan: rauba (oc) f
Old English: clāðas
Old French: vestement m
Old Provençal: vestiment
Ossetian: дарӕс daræs ), уӕлӕдарӕс wælædaræs ), дзаума ʒawma )
Persian: پوشاک (fa) (pušâk ), لباس (fa) (lebâs )
Piedmontese: abijament m
Polish: odzież (pl) f ubrania n pl
Portuguese: roupa (pt) f
Punjabi: ਕੱਪੜਾ kapaṛā )
Romanian: îmbrăcăminte (ro) f haină (ro)
Romansch: vestgids m pl
Russian: оде́жда (ru) f odéžda )
Rusyn: облечіня n oblečinja )
Samoan: ‘ofu
Sardinian: beltimenta f bestimenta f
Scots: claes pl
Scottish Gaelic: aodach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: одећа f одежда f
Roman: odeća f odežda (sh) f
Shona: zvipfeko
Slovak: oblek m oblečenie n šaty pl
Slovenian: obleka f perílo n
Spanish: ropa (es) f
Sranan Tongo: krosi
Sundanese: baju (su) , raksukan
Swahili: nguo (sw) class 9 /10 , mavazi (sw) class 5 /6 p
Swedish: kläder (sv) c pl
Tabasaran: дагъ daġ ), палтар paltar ) ( North dialect ) палат palat ) ( South dialect )
Tagalog: damit pananamit
Tajik: либос libos )
Tamil: ஆடை (ta) (āṭai )
Taos: páne
Tatar: кием (tt) (kiyem )
Telugu: బట్టలు baṭṭalu )
Thai: เสื้อผ้า sêua pâa )
Tok Pisin: klos
Turkish: giysi (tr) , giyim kuşam (tr)
Turkmen: eginbaş lybas üst-baş geýim
Ukrainian: о́дяг (uk) m ódjah ), оде́жа f odéža )
Urdu: لباس libās ), کپڑے m pl kapṛe )
Uzbek: kiyim (uz)
Veps: soba
Vietnamese: quần áo (vi)
Võro: rõivas
Walloon: moussemint abîyemint
Welsh: dillad (cy) m pl
Xhosa: impahla
Yakut: таҥас taŋas )
Yucatec Maya: nook’ búuk
Zulu: izingubo class 9 /10
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