# outfit
## English
### Alternative forms

* out-fit

### Etymology

Variant of earlier out-fit, from fit out. Equivalent to out- +‎ fit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaʊtfɪt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aʊtfɪt
* Hyphenation: out‧fit

### Noun

outfit (plural outfits)
* A set of clothing (with accessories).
    Synonym: getup
    She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes.
** 2003, Jason Isbell, Outfit:Don't call what you're wearing an outfit.
* Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
* Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
** 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Salarians: League of One Codex entry:The League of One was suddenly exposed and in danger of being hunted by enemies of the salarians. Before any harm could be done, the team mysteriously disappeared.[...]Realizing the threat posed by this rogue outfit, the Special Tasks Group dispatched a team of hunters. When they didn't return, the STG dispatched ten of its brightest operators with broad discretionary powers. Only two returned; they reported no evidence of the League.
* (informal) A business or firm.
    Should we buy it here, or do you think the outfit across town will have a better deal?
* (sports) A sports team.
** 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport‎:With only two fit centre-backs available, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp employed young midfielder Jake Livermore at the back alongside Sebastien Bassong but Spurs struggled against a seasoned Champions League outfit, who beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp in 2009-10 and continually worked their way between the home defence to create some golden opportunities.
* (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
    Antonym: infit
* (Canada, historical) A fiscal year of the Hudson's Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period.
** 1949, John McLoughlin, The Financial Papers of Dr. John McLoughlin, page 56:[…] the outfit of 1821, which outfit suffered a loss. From 1822 there were profits on each outfit as the many subsequent credit entries indicate.

#### Derived terms

* groutfit
* outfit doctor

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: outfit
* → German: Outfit
* → Italian: outfit
* → Portuguese: outfit
* → Serbo-Croatian: outfit
* → Spanish: outfit

#### Translations
### Verb

outfit (third-person singular simple present outfits, present participle outfitting, simple past and past participle outfitted)
* (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.
    The expedition was outfitted with proper clothing, food, and other necessities.

#### Synonyms

* equip
* fit

#### Derived terms

* outfitter

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* fit out, fit-out, fitout

## Catalan
### Noun

outfit m (plural outfits)
* outfit (clothing)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: out‧fit

### Noun

outfit m (plural outfits, diminutive outfitje n)
* outfit (set of clothing)

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈawt.fit/
* Rhymes: -awtfit
* Hyphenation: òut‧fit

### Noun

outfit m
* outfit (set of clothing)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aw.t͡ʃiˈfi.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈfi.t͡ʃi], /awt͡ʃˈfit͡ʃ/ [aʊ̯t͡ʃˈfit͡ʃ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aw.t͡ʃiˈfi.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈfi.t͡ʃi], /awt͡ʃˈfit͡ʃ/ [aʊ̯t͡ʃˈfit͡ʃ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /awt͡ʃˈfit͡ʃ/ [aʊ̯t͡ʃˈfit͡ʃ], /aw.t͡ʃiˈfi.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈfi.t͡ʃi]
* (Portugal) IPA: /awˈtfit/
* Rhymes: -itʃi, -it
* Hyphenation: out‧fit

### Noun

outfit m (plural outfits)
* (informal) outfit (set of clothing)
    Synonyms: roupa, traje, (Portugal) fato

### Further reading

* “outfit”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* àutfīt

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

### Noun

outfit m (Cyrillic spelling оутфит)
* (Croatia, Bosnia) outfit (set of clothing)

### References

* “outfit”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaudfit/ [ˈau̯ð̞.fit̪]
* Rhymes: -audfit
* Syllabification: out‧fit

### Noun

outfit m (plural outfits)
* outfit (set of clothing)

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.