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See also: cloþes
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English clothes, cloþes, plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”), from Old English clāþas (“clothes”), plural of clāþ (“cloth”), equivalent to cloth + -es. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (“clothes”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede, German Kleider.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kləʊ(ð)z/
- (US) IPA(key): /kloʊ(ð)z/
- Homophones: cloze, close (when /ð/ is omitted)
- Rhymes: -əʊðz, -əʊz
Noun
clothes pl (plural only)
- (plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
- (obsolete) plural of cloth.
- The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
- 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove:
- She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.
- Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
Derived terms
- bedclothes
- change of clothes
- clothes-bag
- clothes bag
- clothes basket
- clothesbasket
- clothes brush
- clothesbrush
- clothes-brush
- clothescare
- clothes don't make the man
- clothes drier
- clothes dryer
- clothes hanger
- clotheshorse
- clothes-horse
- clothes horse
- clothes iron
- clothesless
- clothes line
- clothesline
- clothes maiden
- clothesmaker
- clothes maketh the man
- clothesmaking
- clothesman
- clothes moth
- clothes peg
- clothes-peg
- clothespeg
- clothespin
- clothes pole
- clothespres
- clothes press
- clothespress
- clothes prop
- clothes-prop
- clothesprop
- clothes rack
- clothes screen
- clothes shop
- clothes stand
- clothes tree
- clothestree
- clothes valet
- clotheswoman
- clothesy
- clothesyard
- clothist
- dead-clothes
- dress clothes
- emperor's new clothes
- free clothes association
- graveclothes
- gym clothes
- long clothes
- nightclothes
- old-clothesman
- overclothes
- plain-clothes
- plain clothes
- rainclothes
- roast-meat clothes
- shortclothes
- smallclothes
- street clothes
- Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
- swaddling clothes
- swathing clothes
- under clothes
- underclothes
- webbing clothes moth
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: krosi
Translations
apparel
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See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
clothes
- third-person singular simple present indicative of clothe
References
- “clothes”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “clothes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Noun
clothes
Descendants
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