costume

common nounverb

Syllable Decomposition

costume

From Italian costume (“custom”). The meaning evolved from a general sense of “custom” to the more specific sense of “clothing prescribed by custom” and then to “clothing” to finally arrive at “man's suit”.

Definitions

Synonyms

completcostardtenue

Feminine

costumée

Plural

costumes

Hyponyms

costume trois piècessmoking

Translations

  • germangerman:Anzug
  • englishenglish:suit
  • spanishspanish:traje
  • portugueseportuguese:fato
  • japanesejapanese:スーツ

See also

costume (v.) costumer (v.) costumier (cn.)