different between clothes vs robes

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)

1. (plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
2. (obsolete) plural of cloth.
3. 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.

4. 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

1. 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

1. plural of cloth

Descendants

• English: clothes
• Scots: clathes, claes, clais, claise

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???bz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?bz/

Noun

robes

1. plural of robe

Anagrams

• Beros, Boers, Boser, Brose, Serbo-, Sober, bores, brose, sober

Asturian

Verb

robes

1. second-person singular present indicative of robar
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of robar

Catalan

Verb

robes

1. second-person singular present indicative form of robar

French

Noun

robes f

1. plural of robe

Anagrams

• orbes, sobre

Middle English

Noun

robes

1. plural of robe

Old French

Noun

robes f pl

1. oblique plural of robe
2. nominative plural of robe

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish revés in the meaning of "wrong side" (ac Kramer).

Adjective

robes

1. left
2. wrong

Portuguese

Noun

robes

1. plural of robe

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?robes/, [?ro.??es]

Etymology 1

Noun

robes m pl

1. plural of rob

Etymology 2

Verb

robes

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of robar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of robar.