Meanings
nounkimono (plural kimonos or kimono)
plural kimonos · alternative rare kimona
- A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.
Presenting 84 kimonos dating as far back as the 1660s, the show traces how the kimono became a truly global garment worn, sold, riffed on and reinvented by artisans, designers and fashion-lovers around the world.
2020 March 6, Allyssia Alleyne, “What the kimono’s wide-reaching influence tells us about cultural appropriation”, in CNN - A long robe-like garment in Western fashion, which may be open at the front, loosely inspired by the Japanese garment.
- regionalA bathrobe or dressing gown.
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 着物(きもの) (kimono, “clothing”), which is from 着 (“wearing”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Arabic كِيمُونُو
- كِيمُونُو (kīmūnū)traditional Japanese clothing
Bulgarian кимоно
- кимоно (kimono)traditional Japanese clothing
Catalan quimono
- quimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Chinese Cantonese 和服
- 和服 (wo⁴ fuk⁶)traditional Japanese clothing
Chinese Mandarin 和服
- 和服 (héfú)traditional Japanese clothing
Czech kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Danish kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Dutch kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Esperanto kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Finnish kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
French kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
German Kimono
- Kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Greek κιμονό
- κιμονό (kimonó)traditional Japanese clothing
Hebrew קימונו
- קימונוtraditional Japanese clothing
Hungarian kimonó
- kimonótraditional Japanese clothing
Indonesian kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Irish cimeonó
- cimeonótraditional Japanese clothing
Italian chimono
- chimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Japanese 着物, 和服
- 着物 (kimono)traditional Japanese clothing
- 和服 (wafuku)traditional Japanese clothing
Korean 기모노, 일본옷
- 기모노 (gimono)traditional Japanese clothing
- 일본옷 (ilbonot)traditional Japanese clothing
Malay kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Norwegian kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Persian کیمونو
- کیمونو (kimono)traditional Japanese clothing
Polish kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Portuguese quimono, kimono
- quimonotraditional Japanese clothing
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Russian кимоно́
- кимоно́ (kimonó)traditional Japanese clothing
Spanish kimono, quimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
- quimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Swedish kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Tagalog kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Thai กิโมโน
- กิโมโน (gì-moo-noo)traditional Japanese clothing
Turkish kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Ukrainian кімоно́
- кімоно́ (kimonó)traditional Japanese clothing
Urdu کیمونو
- کیمونو (kimono)traditional Japanese clothing
Vietnamese kimono
- kimonotraditional Japanese clothing
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with kimono
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
kimono. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kimono
MLA
“kimono.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kimono. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kimono,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kimono.
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