Meanings
plural garments · alternative nonstandard garnment · alternative nonstandard gartment
- A single article of clothing.
The woman ſhall not weare that which pertaineth vnto a man, neither ſhall a man put on a womans garment: foꝛ all that doe ſo, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 22:52 more examples
This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLCThe captain did a safety drill. This covered where the emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was located, how to make a mayday call, and where the fire extinguishers were. A crew member demonstrated how to put on an immersion suit. These survival suits are waterproof full-body garments with a hood and integral three-finger gloves and boots. They are bulky and hard to get on but far more likely to save your life in cold water than a lifejacket.
2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian - figurativelyThe visible exterior in which a thing is invested or embodied.
The highest state in which the soul completely casts away its garment of flesh and becomes a disembodied spirit.
2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 241 - MormonismabbreviationellipsisEllipsis of temple garment.
present singular third person garments · participle present garmenting · participle past garmented · past garmented · alternative nonstandard garnment · alternative nonstandard gartment
- transitiveTo clothe in a garment.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbprovide with clothes or put clothes on
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frankish*warnijan“to ward off, refuse, deny”
- Old Frenchgarnir
- Old Frenchgarnement
- Middle Englishgarment
- Englishgarment
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.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Frankish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἱμάτιον
- ἱμάτιον (himátion)single item of clothing
Arabic لِبَاس, مَلَابِس
- لِبَاس (libās)single item of clothing
- مَلَابِس (malābis)single item of clothing
- ثَوْب (ṯawb)single item of clothing
Bulgarian дре́ха, оде́жда
- дре́ха (dréha)single item of clothing
- оде́жда (odéžda)single item of clothing
Catalan peça
- peçasingle item of clothing
Chinese Mandarin 衣服, 服装
- 衣服single item of clothing
- 服装 (fúzhuāng)single item of clothing
Czech oděv
- oděvsingle item of clothing
Danish beklædningsgenstand, klædningsstykke
- beklædningsgenstandsingle item of clothing
- klædningsstykkesingle item of clothing
Dutch kledingstuk
- kledingstuksingle item of clothing
Esperanto vesto, vestaĵo
- vestosingle item of clothing
- vestaĵosingle item of clothing
Estonian riie, rõivas
- riiesingle item of clothing
- rõivassingle item of clothing
Finnish vaate, vaatekappale
- vaatesingle item of clothing
- vaatekappalesingle item of clothing
- pukea ylleento clothe in a garment
- pukeutua johonkinto clothe in a garment
French vêtement
- vêtementsingle item of clothing
German Kleidungsstück
- Kleidungsstücksingle item of clothing
Greek ρούχο
- ρούχο (roúcho)single item of clothing
Hebrew מד, בֶּגֶד
- מד (mád)single item of clothing
- בֶּגֶד (béged)single item of clothing
Hindi वस्त्र
- वस्त्र (vastra)single item of clothing
Hungarian ruha, öltözet
- ruhasingle item of clothing
- öltözetsingle item of clothing
Icelandic flík, spjör
- flíksingle item of clothing
- spjörsingle item of clothing
Italian vestito, indumento
- vestitosingle item of clothing
- indumentosingle item of clothing
- caposingle item of clothing
- abitosingle item of clothing
Latin vestīmentum, indūmentum
- vestīmentumsingle item of clothing
- indūmentumsingle item of clothing
Māori weru, pakikau
- werusingle item of clothing
- pakikausingle item of clothing
- kākahusingle item of clothing
- kowhekasingle item of clothing
- kōwhekawhekasingle item of clothing
- whekawhekasingle item of clothing
- maisingle item of clothing
- ko(w)hekasingle item of clothing
Norwegian plagg, klesplagg
- plaggsingle item of clothing
- klesplaggsingle item of clothing
Persian جامه
- جامه (jâme)single item of clothing
Polish ubranie, ubierać
- ubraniesingle item of clothing
- ubieraćto clothe in a garment
Portuguese peça de roupa, roupa
- peça de roupasingle item of clothing
- roupasingle item of clothing
- vestesingle item of clothing
- indumentosingle item of clothing
Punjabi ਜਾਮਾ
- ਜਾਮਾ (jāmā)single item of clothing
Romanian rufe, haină
- rufesingle item of clothing
- hainăsingle item of clothing
- veșmântsingle item of clothing
- articol de îmbrăcămintesingle item of clothing
Russian предме́т одежды, оде́жда
- предме́т одежды (predmét odeždy)single item of clothing
- оде́жда (odéžda)single item of clothing
Spanish prenda, prenda de vestir
- prendasingle item of clothing
- prenda de vestirsingle item of clothing
- pilchasingle item of clothing
- peindra (disused)single item of clothing
- vestimentasingle item of clothing
Swahili nguo, vazi
- nguosingle item of clothing
- vazisingle item of clothing
Swedish klädesplagg, plagg
- klädesplaggsingle item of clothing
- plaggsingle item of clothing
- persedelsingle item of clothing
Tamil ஆடை, துணி
- ஆடை (āṭai)single item of clothing
- துணி (tuṇi)single item of clothing
Turkish giysi
- giysisingle item of clothing
Welsh dilledyn
- dilledynsingle item of clothing
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
garment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garment
“garment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garment. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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