gown

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English gowne, from Anglo-Norman gune, goune (“fur-trimmed coat, pelisse”), from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna (“leather garment, a fur”), from Ancient Greek γούνα (goúna, “coarse garment”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a Balkan or Apennine language.^[1] Alternatively, perhaps from Scythian, from Proto-Iranian *gawnám (“fur”) (compare Younger Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 (gaona, “body hair”) and Ossetian гъун (ǧun)).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation[edit]

enPR: goun, IPA^(key): /ɡaʊn/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aʊn

Noun[edit]

(sense 2) Tea gown

gown (plural gowns)

A loose, flowing upper garment.
A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
The official robe of certain professionals, clerics, and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
- 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
  VVhat is he an honeſt man? the deuill he is, he is the Parſon of the Towne,
  You thinke ther’s no knauerie hid vnder a black gowne, […]
1. The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.
(by metonymy) The university community, especially as contrasted with the local populace.
In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.
A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
Any sort of dress or garb.
The robe worn by a surgeon.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

→ Bengali: গাউন (gaun)
→ Burmese: ဂါဝန် (gawan)
→ Japanese: ガウン
→ Korean: 가운 (gaun)
→ Malay: gaun
→ Punjabi: ਗਾਊਨ (gāūna)
→ Welsh: gown

Translations[edit]

loose, flowing upper garment

Albanian: petk (sq)
Arabic: رِدَاء (ar) m (ridāʔ)
Bulgarian: мантия (bg) f (mantija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 長袍／长袍 (zh) (chángpáo), 罩衣 (zh) (zhàoyī)
Finnish: kaapu (fi)
French:
Old French: goune
German: Umhang (de) m, Umwurf m, Überwurf (de) m
Hebrew: כֻּתֹּנֶת (he) f (kutónet)
Middle English: gowne
Russian: наки́дка (ru) f (nakídka)
Spanish: manto (es) m, capa (es) f
Thai: เสื้อคลุม (sʉ̂ʉa-klum)

woman's dress

Bashkir: күлдәк (küldək)
Bulgarian: рокля (bg) f (roklja)
Czech: šaty (cs) m pl
Danish: kjole c, dragt c
Dutch: japon (nl), kleed (nl) n
French: robe (fr) f
German: Kleid (de) n, Abendkleid (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: πέπλος m (péplos)
Hungarian: köntös (hu)
Irish: gúna m
Italian: tunica (it) f
Latin: stola f, cyclas f
Malay: gaun (ms)
Maori: kāone
Portuguese: vestido (pt) f
Punjabi: ਗਾਊਨ m (gāūna)
Russian: пла́тье (ru) n (plátʹje)
Scottish Gaelic: gùn m
Spanish: túnica (es), vestido (es) m
Swahili: gauni (sw)
Swedish: klänning (sv) c, dräkt (sv) c
Thai: เสื้อคลุม (sʉ̂ʉa-klum)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: gwisg (cy) f, gown (cy) m, gowniau m pl

official robe

Albanian: petk (sq)
Bulgarian: тога (bg) f (toga)
Czech: talár (cs) m
Dutch: toga (nl) f
French: toge (fr) f (general term, especially Roman Antiquity), robe (fr) f (magistrates & court lawyers)
German: Robe (de) f, Talar (de) m
Hungarian: talár (hu)
Irish: gúna m
Italian: toga (it) f
Latin: abolla f
Macedonian: тога f (toga)
Middle English: gowne
Portuguese: beca (pt) f
Russian: ма́нтия (ru) f (mántija), пла́тье (ru) n (plátʹje)
Spanish: toga (es) f, talar (es) m
Swedish: kappa (sv) c
Thai: เสื้อคลุม (sʉ̂ʉa-klum)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can

dressing gown — see dressing gown

Verb[edit]

gown (third-person singular simple present gowns, present participle gowning, simple past and past participle gowned)

To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.

References[edit]

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gown”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams[edit]

Wong, wong

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

gown

Alternative form of gowne

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