# clothing
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe +‎ -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish klädning (“dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/
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* (General American) IPA: /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/
* Rhymes: -əʊðɪŋ
* Hyphenation: cloth‧ing

### Verb

clothing
* present participle and gerund of clothe

### Noun

clothing (countable and uncountable, plural clothings)
* Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
    Marco runs a clothing brand.
    You should wear warm clothing when it is cold outside.
    All but two pieces of clothing came out of the washing machine stained.
    A poncho is an item of clothing used by many people in Latin America.
    A shirt is an article of clothing that covers the torso and arms.
** 1626 (date written), John Milton, “At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge, […]”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], published 1673, →OCLC, page 67:From others he ſhall ſtand in need of nothing, / Yet on his Brothers ſhall depend for Cloathing.
* An act or instance of putting clothes on.
    The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.
* (obsolete) The art or process of making cloth.
** a. 1706 (date written), John Ray, “[Discourse II. Of the General Deluge in the Days of Noah, Its Causes and Effects.] That there have been Great Changes Made in the Superficial Part of the Earth since the General Deluge, and by What Means.”, in Three Physio-theological Discourses, […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Innys, […], published 1713, →OCLC, pages 241–242:[M]any of the poor diſtreſſed People, being bereft of their Habitation, came into England, vvhere the King, in Compaſſion of their Condition, and alſo, conſidering that they might be beneficial to his Subjects, by instructing them in the Art of Cloathing, firſt placed them about Carliſle in the North, and after removed them into South-VVales, vvhere their Poſterity hath ever ſince remained.
* A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.

#### Synonyms

* clothes, attire, apparel

#### Hyponyms

* See also Thesaurus:clothing

#### Derived terms

* bedclothing
* card-clothing
* clothing bin
* clothing compulsive
* clothingless
* clothing moth
* clothing optional, clothing-optional
* item of clothing
* nonclothing
* piece of clothing
* sheep in wolf's clothing
* there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing
* underclothing
* wolf in sheep's clothing

#### Translations

Afrikaans: klere (af) pl
Alabama: ilokfa
Albanian: veshje (sq) f Ndres (sq) (geg)
Arabic: مَلَابِس m (malābis), ثِيَاب m (ṯiyāb)
Egyptian Arabic: هدوم (hudūm), لبس m (libs), ملابس (malābes)
Gulf Arabic: لبس m (libs), ملابس (malābes), هدوم (hdūm)
Moroccan Arabic: حوايج pl (ḥwāyij)
North Levantine Arabic: تياب (tyāb, tyēb), أواعي (ʔawāʕi), لبس m (libs)
South Levantine Arabic: أواعي (ʔawāʕi), ملابس (malābes), تياب (tyāb)
Aragonese: ropa f
Armenian: հագուստ (hy) (hagust), զգեստ (hy) (zgest)
Aromanian: vishtimintu n, nviscãmindu n, stranj n, stranjiu n, alãxãmintu n, stoli, custumi
Asturian: ropa f, paxellu m
Atayal: lukus
Avar: ретӏел (retʼel)
Aymara: isi
Azerbaijani: geyim (az)
Bambara: fini
Bashkir: кейем (keyem)
Basque: jantzi
Belarusian: адзе́жа f (adzjéža), адзе́нне n (adzjénnje)
Bengali: পোশাক (bn) (pōśak)
Bislama: klos
Breton: dilhad (br)
Budukh: гьалавар pl (halavar)
Bulgarian: облекло́ (bg) n (oblekló), дре́хи (bg) pl (dréhi)
Burmese: အဝတ်အစား (my) (a.wat-a.ca:)
Carpathian Rusyn: облечіня n (oblečinja)
Catalan: roba (ca) f
Chamicuro: ropa
Chechen: бедар (bedar)
Cherokee: ᏧᎾᏄᏬ (tsunanuwo), ᏗᎿᏬ (dihnawo)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 衫 (saam$^1$)
Mandarin: 衣服 (zh) (yīfu), 衣裳 (zh) (yīshang), 衣著 / 衣着 (yīzhuó)
Chuvash: тумтир (tumt̬ir)
Corsican: mutende f pl, fascende f pl
Crimean Tatar: urba
Czech: oblečení (cs) n
Dalmatian: vestemiant m
Danish: tøj (da) n
Dutch: kleding (nl) f, kledij (nl) f
Egyptian: (mnḫt), (ḥbs m)
Esperanto: vestaĵo (eo)
Estonian: rõivas, riie, riietus, rõivastus
Faroese: klædnaður f (rare), klæði n pl
Fijian: isulu
Finnish: vaatetus (fi), vaatteet (fi), pukimet (fi), asu (fi)
French: vêtements (fr) m pl, habits (fr) m pl
Galician: roupa (gl) f
Georgian: ტანსაცმელი (ṭansacmeli)
German: Kleidung (de) f
Alemannic German: Aaleggi
Greek: ρούχο (el) n (roúcho)
Ancient: ἐσθής f (esthḗs), ἱμάτια n pl (himátia)
Guaraní: ao
Gujarati: કપડાં (kapḍā̃)
Haitian Creole: rad
Hawaiian: lole
Hebrew: לְבוּשׁ (he) m (levúsh), בְּגָדִים pl (b'gadim)
Hindi: वस्त्र (hi) (vastra), कपड़े (hi) m pl (kapṛe)
Hungarian: ruha (hu), ruházat (hu)
Icelandic: klæðnaður (is) m, fatnaður (is) m
Ido: vestaro (io)
Ilocano: bado
Indonesian: pakaian (id)
Ingush: бедар (bedar)
Interlingua: roba
Inuktitut: ᐊᐅᑦᓯᓇᖅᑐᖅ (iu) (aotsinaqtoq)
Irish: éadach m
Istriot: vesteîti
Italian: abbigliamento (it) m, vestiti (it)
Japanese: 服 (ja) (ふく, fuku), 衣服 (ja) (いふく, ifuku), 衣類 (ja) (いるい, irui)
Javanese: sandhang
Jeju: 옷 (ot)
Kannada: ಉಡುಪು (kn) (uḍupu)
Kapampangan: malan
Kapampangan: piblas
Karelian: vuatteus
Kazakh: киім (kiım)
Koasati: holikfa
Korean: 옷 (ko) (ot), 의상(衣裳) (ko) (uisang), 의복(衣服) (ko) (uibok)
Kryts: halav
Kyrgyz: кийим (ky) (kiyim)
Lak: ливас (liwas)
Lao: ສົ້ງເສື້ອ (song sư̄a)
Latin: vestīmentum n, amiculum, vestis, vestītus
Latvian: apģērbs f
Lezgi: ливас (livas)
Limburgish: kleier (li) m
Lithuanian: apranga, apdaras
Macedonian: облека (mk) f (obleka)
Malagasy: akanjo (mg)
Malay: pakaian (ms)
Malayalam: വസ്ത്രം (ml) (vastraṁ), ഉടുപ്പ് (ml) (uṭuppŭ)
Manchu: ᡝᡨᡠᡴᡠ (etuku)
Manx: eaddagh m, eaddeeyn m pl
Maori: kākahu, pūeru, pūweru
Marathi: पोषाख (poṣākh)
Mari:
Western: выргем (vyrgem)
Mbyá Guaraní: ao
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хувцас (mn) (xuvcas)
Nahuatl: quemitl
Navajo: ééʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: klær (no) pl, klesplagg (no) n, tøy (no) n
Nynorsk: klede pl
Occitan: rauba (oc) f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: одежда f (odežda)
Old English: clāþas m pl, sċrūd n, hræġl n, wǣd f
Old French: vestement m
Old Occitan: vestiment
Old Tupi: aoba
Oromo: uffata
Ossetian: дарӕс (daræs), уӕлӕдарӕс (wælædaræs), дзаума (ʒawma)
Pannonian Rusyn: шмати f pl (šmati), облєчиво n (oblječivo)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: پوشاک (fa) (pušâk), لِباس (lebâs)
Piedmontese: abijament m
Polish: odzież (pl) f, ubrania n pl, odzienie (pl) c (rare)
Portuguese: roupa (pt) f, veste (pt) f, vestidura (pt) f, vestimenta (pt) f, indumento (pt) m, traje (pt) m
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਕੱਪੜਾ m (kappaṛā), ਪਹਿਰਾਵਾ m (pahirāvā)
Romagnol: abigliamént m
Romanian: îmbrăcăminte (ro) f, haină (ro)
Romansch: vestgids m pl
Russian: оде́жда (ru) f (odéžda)
Samoan: ‘ofu
Sanskrit: वस्मन् (sa) n (vasman), वस्त्र (sa) m (vastra)
Sardinian: beltimenta f, bestimenta f
Scots: claes pl
Scottish Gaelic: aodach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̏дећа f, о̏дјећа, о̀дежда f
Roman: ȍdeća f, ȍdjeća, òdežda (sh) f
Shona: zvipfeko
Slovak: oblek m, oblečenie n, šaty pl
Slovene: obleka (sl) f, perílo n
Spanish: ropa (es) f, ropaje (es) m, indumentaria (es) f, indumento m, vestido (es) m, vestidura (es) f, atuendo (es) m, atavío (es) m, vestimenta (es) f, pilchas f pl (South America)
Sranan Tongo: krosi
Sundanese: baju (su), raksukan (su)
Swahili: nguo (sw) class 9/10, mavazi (sw) class 5/6
Swedish: kläder (sv) c pl
Tabasaran: дагъ (daġ), палтар (paltar) (North dialect), палат (palat) (South dialect)
Tagalog: damit (tl), pananamit
Tajik: либос (tg) (libos)
Tamil: ஆடை (ta) (āṭai)
Taos: páne
Tarifit: arruḍ m
Tatar: кием (tt) (kiyem)
Telugu: బట్టలు (baṭṭalu)
Thai: เสื้อผ้า (th) (sʉ̂ʉa-pâa)
Tocharian B: wastsi
Tok Pisin: klos
Turkish: giysi (tr), giyim kuşam (tr)
Turkmen: eginbaş, lybas, üst-baş, geýim
Ugaritic: 𐎍𐎁𐎌 (lbš)
Ukrainian: о́дяг (uk) m (ódjah), оде́жа f (odéža)
Urdu: کَپْڑے m pl (kapṛe), لِباس m (libās), پوشاک f (pośāk)
Uzbek: kiyim (uz), libos (uz)
Venetan: ròba (vec) f, vestì m, vestìo m
Veps: soba
Vietnamese: quần áo (vi), đồ (vi)
Võro: rõivas
Walloon: moussemint, abîyemint
Welsh: dillad (cy) m pl
Xhosa: impahla
Yakut: таҥас (tañas)
Yámana: uška
Yoruba: aṣọ, ẹ̀wù
Yucatec Maya: nook’, búuk
Zazaki: pırtı n
Zulu: izingubo class 9/10 :

#### See also

* vestiary, sartorial

### See also

* belt
* blouse
* bra
* briefs
* cap
* clothe
* coat
* dress
* gloves
* halter
* hat
* jacket
* mittens
* muffler
* pants
* shirt
* shoes
* shorts
* socks (sox)
* stocking
* swimsuit
* tie
* tuxedo
* underwear

### References

* ↑ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Clothing”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* clathing, clothyng, clothynge, clathynge, cloþing, cloþinge, cloþingue, claþing, cloþyng, claȝing
* claþinnꟑ (Ormulum)

### Etymology

From clothen +‎ -ing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈklɑːðinɡ(ə)/ (Early Middle English)
* IPA: /ˈklaːðinɡ/ (Northern)
* IPA: /ˈklɔːðinɡ(ə)/

### Noun

clothing (plural clothinges)
* What one wears; clothing, outfit, garments.
** A piece of clothes; an individual component of an outfit.
** The uniform or outfit associated with an occupation or position.
** (figurative) One's religious values and priorities.
** (figurative, rare) One's appearance or countenance.
* Linen or sheets used as a cover or a protective layer.
* The equipping or provision of garments.

#### Descendants

* English: clothing

#### References

* “clōthing, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-27.