Meanings
nounsundress (plural sundresses)
plural sundresses
- A typically sleeveless dress, usually a minidress, made of light, loose-fitting material for spring and summer wear.
I'm in his favorite sundress, watching me get undressed
2011, Lana Del Rey, Justin Parker, “Video Games”1 more example
The brand, in its collaboration with Target, provoked ire—proving that, in the right circumstances, even sundresses can be part of the culture wars.
2015 April 22, Megan Garber, “Why Do People Hate Lilly Pulitzer?”, in The Atlantic
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian лятна рокля
- лятна рокля (ljatna roklja)spring and summer wear
German Sommerkleid
- Sommerkleidspring and summer wear
Japanese サンドレス
- サンドレス (sandoresu)spring and summer wear
Polish sukienka letnia
- sukienka letniaspring and summer wear
Spanish vestido veraniego, veste veranera
- vestido veraniegospring and summer wear
- veste veraneraspring and summer wear
- vestido estivalspring and summer wear
- veste estivaspring and summer wear
- soleraspring and summer wear
- pichispring and summer wear
- vestido solarspring and summer wear
- veste livianaspring and summer wear
Swedish solklänning
- solklänningspring and summer wear
Turkish yazlık
- yazlıkspring and summer wear
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APA
sundress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sundress
MLA
“sundress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sundress. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sundress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sundress.
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