Meanings
plural nightgowns · alternative archaic night-gown
- A long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in.
Synonyms: nightdress, nightie
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishnyght gowne
- Englishnightgown
From Middle English nyght gowne. By surface analysis, night + gown.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans naghemp
- naghempsleeping garment worn by women
Bulgarian нощница
- нощница (noštnica)sleeping garment worn by women
Catalan camisa de dormir
- camisa de dormirsleeping garment worn by women
Chinese Mandarin 睡衣, 女睡衣
- 睡衣 (shuìyī)sleeping garment worn by women
- 女睡衣 (nǚshuìyī)sleeping garment worn by women
- 睡袍 (shuìpáo)sleeping garment worn by women
- 女睡袍 (nǚshuìpáo)sleeping garment worn by women
- 睡裙 (shuìqún)sleeping garment worn by women
Czech noční košile
- noční košilesleeping garment worn by women
Danish natkjole
- natkjolesleeping garment worn by women
Dutch nachthemd
- nachthemdsleeping garment worn by women
Estonian öösärk
- öösärksleeping garment worn by women
Finnish yöpaita
- yöpaitasleeping garment worn by women
French chemise de nuit, nuisette
- chemise de nuitsleeping garment worn by women
- nuisettesleeping garment worn by women
- liseusesleeping garment worn by women
- robe de nuitsleeping garment worn by women
German Nachthemd
- Nachthemdsleeping garment worn by women
Greek νυχτικιά
- νυχτικιά (nychtikiá)sleeping garment worn by women
Hungarian hálóing
- hálóingsleeping garment worn by women
Irish gúna oíche
- gúna oíchesleeping garment worn by women
Italian camicia da notte
- camicia da nottesleeping garment worn by women
Japanese ねまき, ナイトガウン
- ねまき (nemaki)sleeping garment worn by women
- ナイトガウン (naitogaun)sleeping garment worn by women
Māori kakamoe, naiti
- kakamoesleeping garment worn by women
- naitisleeping garment worn by women
Norwegian Bokmål nattkjole
- nattkjolesleeping garment worn by women
Polish koszula nocna
- koszula nocnasleeping garment worn by women
Portuguese camisola
- camisolasleeping garment worn by women
Romanian cămașă de noapte
- cămașă de noaptesleeping garment worn by women
Russian ночна́я руба́шка, ночна́я соро́чка
- ночна́я руба́шка (nočnája rubáška)sleeping garment worn by women
- ночна́я соро́чка (nočnája soróčka)sleeping garment worn by women
- ночну́шка (nočnúška)sleeping garment worn by women
Slovak nočná košeľa
- nočná košeľasleeping garment worn by women
Spanish camisón
- camisónsleeping garment worn by women
Swedish nattlinne, särk
- nattlinnesleeping garment worn by women
- särksleeping garment worn by women
- nattskjortasleeping garment worn by women
Turkish gecelik
- geceliksleeping garment worn by women
Ukrainian нічна́ соро́чка
- нічна́ соро́чка (ničná soróčka)sleeping garment worn by women
Welsh crys nos
- crys nossleeping garment worn by women
Yiddish נאַכטהעמד
- נאַכטהעמד (nakhthemd)sleeping garment worn by women
Cite this entry
nightgown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nightgown
“nightgown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nightgown. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nightgown,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nightgown.
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