different between attire vs gown

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ta??(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Noun

attire (countable and uncountable, plural attires)

1. (clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.

   He was wearing his formal attire.

2. (heraldry) The single horn of a deer or stag.

Translations

Verb

attire (third-person singular simple present attires, present participle attiring, simple past and past participle attired)

1. (transitive) To clothe or adorn.

Synonyms

• dight, don, dress; see also Thesaurus:clothe

Translations

Anagrams

• aettir, ratite

French

Verb

attire

1. first-person singular present indicative of attirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of attirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of attirer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of attirer
5. second-person singular imperative of attirer

Anagrams

• attéri, étirât, itérât, traite, traité

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: goun, IPA^(key): /?a?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Noun

gown (plural gowns)

1. A loose, flowing upper garment.
2. A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
3. The official robe of certain professionals and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
   1. The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.
4. (by metonymy) The university community.

   In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.

5. A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
6. Any sort of dress or garb.
7. The robe worn by a surgeon.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

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

References

Anagrams

• Wong, wong