# clothes
## English
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Alternative forms

* cloathes (obsolete)
* clotheses (nonstandard, childish)

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /kləʊ(ð)z/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (US) IPA: /kloʊ(ð)z/
** Audio (US):(file)
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* Homophones: cloze, close (when /ð/ is omitted)
* Rhymes: -əʊðz, -əʊz

#### Noun

clothes pl (plural only)
* (plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
** 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
* (obsolete) plural of cloth.
* The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
** 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove:She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.
* Laundry (hung on a clothesline).

##### Synonyms

* (apparel): See Thesaurus:clothing

##### Derived terms

* bedclothes
* change of clothes
* clothes bag
* clothes-bag
* clothes basket
* clothesbasket
* clothes brush
* clothes-brush
* clothesbrush
* clothescare
* clothes don't make the man
* clothes drier
* clothes dryer
* clothes hanger
* clothes horse
* clothes-horse
* clotheshorse
* clothes iron
* clothesless
* clothes line
* clothesline
* clothes maiden
* clothesmaker
* clothes maketh the man
* clothesmaking
* clothesman
* clothes moth
* clothes on one's back
* clothespeg
* clothes-peg
* clothes peg
* clothespin
* clothes pole
* clothespres
* clothes press
* clothespress
* clothes-press
* clothes-prop
* clothesprop
* clothes prop
* clothes rack
* clothes screen
* clothes shop
* clothes stand
* clothestree
* clothes tree
* clothes valet
* clotheswoman
* clothesy
* clothesyard
* clothist
* dead-clothes
* dress clothes
* emperor's new clothes
* free clothes association
* graveclothes
* gym clothes
* long clothes
* nightclothes
* old-clothesman
* overclothes
* plain clothes
* rainclothes
* roast-meat clothes
* shortclothes
* smallclothes
* street clothes
* Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
* swaddling clothes
* swathing clothes
* under clothes
* underclothes
* webbing clothes moth

##### Descendants

* Sranan Tongo: krosi

##### Translations
#### See also

* clothing
* gear
* habiliment
* threads

### Etymology 2

From clothe +‎ -s.

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /kləʊðz/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* (US) IPA: /kloʊðz/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊðz

#### Verb

clothes
* third-person singular simple present indicative of clothe

### References

* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “clothes”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “clothes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* cholest., closeth

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* clathes, cloþes

### Noun

clothes
* plural of cloth

#### Descendants

* English: clothes
* Scots: clathes, claes, clais, claise