different between clothes vs gown
clothes
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English clothes, cloþes, plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”), from Old English cl?þas (“clothes”), plural of cl?þ (“cloth”), equivalent to cloth +? -s. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (“clothes”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kl??(ð)z/
- (US) IPA(key): /klo?(ð)z/
- Homophone: close (when /ð/ is omitted)
- Rhymes: -??ðz, -??z
Noun
clothes pl (plural only)
- (plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
- (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.
- 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove
- laundry (hung on a clothesline)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: krosi
Translations
See also
- clothing
- gear
- threads
- habiliment
Etymology 2
clothe +? -s
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kl??ðz/
- (US) IPA(key): /klo?ðz/
- Rhymes: -??ðz
Verb
clothes
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clothe
References
- clothes in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- clothes at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- cholest., closeth
Middle English
Alternative forms
- clathes, cloþes
Noun
clothes
- plural of cloth
Descendants
- English: clothes
- Scots: clathes, claes, clais, claise
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gown
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)
- A loose, flowing upper garment.
- A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
- The official robe of certain professionals and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
- The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.
- (by metonymy) The university community.
- In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.
- A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
- Any sort of dress or garb.
- 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)
- To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.
References
Anagrams
- Wong, wong
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