attire
One's dress; what one wears; one's clothesOne's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
» A T-shirt isn't appropriate attire for a job interview.
Ein T-Shirt ist keine angemessene Kleidung für ein Vorstellungsgespräch. — Yorwba
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
He was wearing his formal attire.
Anzug, Aufzug, Kleidung
оде́ждаodéžda, фо́рма одеждыfórma odeždy, облаче́ниеoblačénije
(countable, uncountable)The single horn of a goat, deer or stag.
- clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
Examples
25 sentencesA T-shirt isn't appropriate attire for a job interview.
deEin T-Shirt ist keine angemessene Kleidung für ein Vorstellungsgespräch. — Yorwba
She is careless about her attire.
ruЕй всё равно, как она одета. — JeNNeR
Sami was dressed in cowboy attire.
He is careless about his attire.
Black shoes completed his formal attire.
Translations
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Origin
The verb is from Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), fromThe verb is from Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”).
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Forms
plural: attiresSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.