streetwear

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noun

urban fashion; clothing that can be worn on the street

OriginEnglish wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

nounstreetwear (uncountable)
  1. uncountablefashionurban fashion; clothing that can be worn on the street

    That's never going to turn into hot streetwear, is it?

    2009 January 1, Zoe Williams, “Zoe Williams: Straw's vest is full of holes”, in The Guardian

Origin

  1. Englishstreet
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  4. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  6. Old Englishwerian
  7. Middle Englishweren
  8. Englishwear
  9. Englishstreetwear

From street + -wear.

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Translations

French streetwear
  • streetwearTranslations
Russian стритви́р
  • стритви́р (stritvír)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

streetwear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streetwear

MLA

“streetwear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streetwear. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “streetwear,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streetwear.

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