"attire" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈtaɪɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-attire.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-attire.wav [US] Forms: attires [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|atyren}} Middle English atyren, {{m|enm|atiren}} atiren, {{der|en|fro|atirier||to equip}} Old French atirier (“to equip”), {{m|fro|a-}} a-, {{m|fro|tire||rank}} tire (“rank”), {{cog|de|Zier||ornament}} German Zier (“ornament”), {{cog|non|tírr||glory, renown}} Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} attire (countable and uncountable, plural attires)
  1. (clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (one's dress or clothes): ἐσθής (esthḗs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), облекло (obleklo) (Bulgarian), премяна (premjana) (Bulgarian), одеяние (odejanie) (Bulgarian), úbor [masculine] (Czech), háv [masculine] (Czech), šat [masculine] (Czech), beklædning [common-gender] (Danish), asu (Finnish), traxe [masculine] (Galician), Anzug [masculine] (German), Aufzug [masculine] (German), Kleidung [feminine] (German), Tracht [feminine] (German), מַחְלָצָה (maẖlatzá) [feminine] (Hebrew), gabháil [masculine] (Irish), abbigliamento [masculine] (Italian), киім (kiım) (Kazakh), 의상 (uisang) (Korean), vestītus [masculine] (Latin), о́блека (óbleka) [feminine] (Macedonian), pakikau (Maori), antrekk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), antrekk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کالي (kāli) [masculine, plural] (Pashto), جامه (jâme) (Persian), strój [masculine] (Polish), ubiór [masculine] (Polish), traje (Portuguese), îmbrăcăminte (Romanian), оде́жда (odéžda) [feminine] (Russian), фо́рма одежды (fórma odeždy) (Russian), облаче́ние (oblačénije) [neuter] (Russian), одея́ние (odejánije) [neuter] (Russian), odjeća (Serbo-Croatian), nošnja (Serbo-Croatian), atuendo [masculine] (Spanish), atavío [masculine] (Spanish), elbise (Turkish), esvap (Turkish), giysi (Turkish), kılık (Turkish), kıyafet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-attire-en-noun-N2FemMCX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 41 11 Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles Disambiguation of "one's dress or clothes": 96 4
  2. (heraldry) The single horn of a deer or stag. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Heraldic charges Translations (heraldry: single horn): sarvi (Finnish), palco [masculine] (Italian), hjortdjurshorn [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-attire-en-noun-rZl38MeE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 41 11 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics Disambiguation of 'heraldry: single horn': 2 98

Verb

IPA: /əˈtaɪɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-attire.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-attire.wav [US] Forms: attires [present, singular, third-person], attiring [participle, present], attired [participle, past], attired [past]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|atyren}} Middle English atyren, {{m|enm|atiren}} atiren, {{der|en|fro|atirier||to equip}} Old French atirier (“to equip”), {{m|fro|a-}} a-, {{m|fro|tire||rank}} tire (“rank”), {{cog|de|Zier||ornament}} German Zier (“ornament”), {{cog|non|tírr||glory, renown}} Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} attire (third-person singular simple present attires, present participle attiring, simple past and past participle attired)
  1. (transitive) To clothe or adorn. Tags: transitive Synonyms: dight, don, dress, clothe Translations (to dress or garb): klæde (Danish), pukea [transitive] (Finnish), pukeutua [reflexive] (Finnish), anziehen (German), bekleiden (German), kleiden (German), indossare (Italian), portare (Italian), одева́ть (odevátʹ) (Russian), одева́ться (odevátʹsja) (Russian), ataviar (Spanish), giyinmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-attire-en-verb-3gT~1hvp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 41 11

Inflected forms

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      "word": "의상"
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      "word": "جامه"
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      "code": "es",
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    },
    {
      "form": "attiring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "attired",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "attired",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "attire (third-person singular simple present attires, present participle attiring, simple past and past participle attired)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We will attire him in fine clothing so he can make a good impression.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He stood there, attired in his best clothes, waiting for applause.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To clothe or adorn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clothe",
          "clothe"
        ],
        [
          "adorn",
          "adorn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To clothe or adorn."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈtaɪɚ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-attire.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-attire.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-attire.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-attire.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dight"
    },
    {
      "word": "don"
    },
    {
      "word": "dress"
    },
    {
      "word": "clothe"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to dress or garb",
      "word": "klæde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to dress or garb",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "pukea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to dress or garb",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "pukeutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to dress or garb",
      "word": "anziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to dress or garb",
      "word": "bekleiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to dress or garb",
      "word": "kleiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to dress or garb",
      "word": "indossare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to dress or garb",
      "word": "portare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odevátʹ",
      "sense": "to dress or garb",
      "word": "одева́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odevátʹsja",
      "sense": "to dress or garb",
      "word": "одева́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to dress or garb",
      "word": "ataviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to dress or garb",
      "word": "giyinmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "attire"
}

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