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.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

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

Word family

Forms garments

Derived forms garmentlessgarmentmakergarmentmakinggarmentogarmenturegarmentworkernethergarmentoutgarmentovergarmentundergarmentungarment

Related forms garnish garrison

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Phrases (1)

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burial garment
a cloth covering placed around a person's body before burial

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Garment comes from the same Old French verb garnir that produced garnish. Garnir meant both “to fortify or defend” and “to provide, equip, or prepare,” with the underlying idea of adding or supplying something.

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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Topics

Clothing & Appearance Register & Style

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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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