Meaning

3 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)Items of clothing; apparel.

    suit of clothes.

    Kleider, Kleidung, Anziehsachen

    оде́ждаodéžda, одёжаodjóža

    о́дягódjah, оде́жаodéža, о́діжódiž

    clothing in general

  2. (plural, plural only)The covering of a bed; bedclothes.

  3. (plural, plural only)Laundry (hung on a clothesline).

Examples

2480 sentences
  1. I was wearing my best clothes.

    Я був у своєму найкращому одязі. — deniko

    ruЯ был в своей лучшей одежде. — marafon

    deIch trug meine besten Kleider. — MUIRIEL

  2. She looks odd in those clothes.

    Він дивно виглядає у цьому одязі. — deniko

    ruОна странно выглядит в этой одежде. — Hellerick

  3. Where do you usually buy clothes?

    Де ти зазвичай купуєш одяг? — deniko

    ruГде ты обычно покупаешь одежду? — odexed

    deWo kaufst du gewöhnlich deine Kleidung? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I need to change my clothes.

    Мені потрібно переодягтися. — deniko

    ruМне нужно переодеться. — Olya

  5. I want to change my clothes.

    Я хочу переодягнутися. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу переодеться. — Olya

    deIch möchte mich umziehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Middle English clothes, cloþes (plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”)), from Old E

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”), 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: clotheses
Singularclothes
Pluralclotheses

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
apparel:clothingB2
Close in meaning

Word family

54 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
clothes — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto