clothes

A1 Topic:Clothing & Appearance

Also spelled cloaths, cloes, and doaths

US /kloʊ(ð)z/ UK /kləʊ(ð)z/ See IPA manual

Freq #778

Meanings

1

noun
Things you wear, such as shirts, trousers, and dresses.

She bought some new clothes for the summer.
2

noun
Washing that is hung out to dry.

He hung the wet clothes on the line in the garden.

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1 noun · things you wear, such as... clothing dress

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Derived forms bedclothesclothes-bagclothes-brushclothes-horseclothes-pegclothes-pressclothes-propclothesbasketclothesbrushclothescareclotheshorseclothesless

Related forms clothing gear habiliment threads

Etymology

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”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede, German Kleider.

clothes Middle English clāþas Old English

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# clothes

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kloʊ(ð)z/
**IPA (UK):** /kləʊ(ð)z/
**Frequency rank:** 778

## Meanings
1. Things you wear, such as shirts, trousers, and dresses.
2. Washing that is hung out to dry.

## Examples
- She bought some new clothes for the summer.
- He hung the wet clothes on the line in the garden.

## Derived Forms
- bedclothes
- clothes-bag
- clothes-brush
- clothes-horse
- clothes-peg
- clothes-press
- clothes-prop
- clothesbasket
- clothesbrush
- clothescare
- clotheshorse
- clothesless

## Related Forms
- clothing
- gear
- habiliment
- threads

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: clothes
- Root: clāþas

## Etymology
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”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede, German Kleider.

## AI Etymology
clothes is a noun and verb. It is 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”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede, German Kleider. Historical forms in the chain include clothes (Middle English) and clāþas (Old English). Current senses include things you wear, such as shirts, trousers, and dresses and washing that is hung out to dry. Derived forms include bedclothes, clothes-bag, clothes-brush, clothes-horse, and clothes-peg. Related words include clothing, gear, habiliment, and threads.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance

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