Meaning
3 senses(plural, plural only)Items of clothing; apparel.
suit of clothes.
Kleider, Kleidung, Anziehsachen
оде́ждаodéžda, одёжаodjóža
о́дягódjah, оде́жаodéža, о́діжódiž
clothing in general
(plural, plural only)The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
(plural, plural only)Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
Examples
2480 sentencesI was wearing my best clothes.
Я був у своєму найкращому одязі.
ruЯ был в своей лучшей одежде.
deIch trug meine besten Kleider.
She looks odd in those clothes.
Він дивно виглядає у цьому одязі.
ruОна странно выглядит в этой одежде.
Where do you usually buy clothes?
Де ти зазвичай купуєш одяг?
ruГде ты обычно покупаешь одежду?
deWo kaufst du gewöhnlich deine Kleidung?
I need to change my clothes.
Мені потрібно переодягтися.
ruМне нужно переодеться.
I want to change my clothes.
Я хочу переодягнутися.
ruЯ хочу переодеться.
deIch möchte mich umziehen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English clothes, cloþes (plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”)), from Old EFrom 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”), Dutch klederen, kleren (“clothes”), German Kleider (“clothes”), Danish klæder (“clothes”), Swedish kläder (“clothes”), Norwegian Bokmål klær (“clothes”), Norwegian Nynorsk klede (“clothes”), Faroese klæði, klæðir (“clothes”).
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Forms
plural: clothesesSynonyms
4 synonyms- clothing in general:apparelwearing appareldress
Word family
55 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Clothes and colours — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- some new clothes
- new clothes
- change my clothes
- kind of clothes
- wash clothes
- money on clothes
- old clothes
- change clothes
- buys expensive clothes
- dirty clothes
- expensive clothes
- off his clothes