garment

B1 Topic:Clothing & Appearance

US /ˈɡɑɹ.mənt/ UK /ˈɡɑː.mənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #14408

Meanings

1

noun
A piece of clothing.

Each garment is carefully checked before it leaves the factory.
2

verb
To dress or clothe someone (formal).

The statue was garmented in flowing robes.

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2 verb · to dress or clothe someone... apparel

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Forms garments

Derived forms garmentlessgarmentmakergarmentmakinggarmentogarmenturegarmentworkernethergarmentoutgarmentovergarmentundergarmentungarment

Related forms garnish garrison

Etymology

From Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from Old French garnir, guarnir (“to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward off, refuse, deny”). More at English garnish.

garment Middle English garnement Old French guarnir Old French *warnijan frk

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# garment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡɑɹ.mənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɑː.mənt/
**Frequency rank:** 14408

## Meanings
1. A piece of clothing.
2. To dress or clothe someone (formal).

## Examples
- Each garment is carefully checked before it leaves the factory.
- The statue was garmented in flowing robes.

## Derived Forms
- garmentless
- garmentmaker
- garmentmaking
- garmento
- garmenture
- garmentworker
- nethergarment
- outgarment
- overgarment
- undergarment
- ungarment

## Related Forms
- garnish
- garrison

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: garment
- Root: garnement
- Root: guarnir
- Root: *warnijan

## Etymology
From Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from Old French garnir, guarnir (“to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward off, refuse, deny”). More at English garnish.

## AI Etymology
Garment comes from Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from Old French garnir, guarnir (“to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward off, refuse, deny”). More at English garnish. In current use, the main senses are “A piece of clothing” and “To dress or clothe someone (formal)”.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance
- Register & Style

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