"cocktail dress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cocktail dresses [plural]
Etymology: Apparently coined by Christian Dior in the late 1940s to refer to early-evening wear. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cocktail dress (plural cocktail dresses)
  1. A type of women's evening dress suitable for semi-formal occasions or cocktail parties. Wikipedia link: cocktail dress Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (woman's evening dress suitable for cocktail parties): 小禮服 (Chinese Mandarin), 小礼服 (xiǎolǐfú) (Chinese Mandarin), cocktail-mekko (Finnish), Cocktailkleid [neuter] (German), koktélruha (Hungarian), カクテルドレス (kakuteru doresu) (Japanese), rochie de cocktail [feminine] (Romanian), выходно́е пла́тье (vyxodnóje plátʹje) [neuter] (Russian), vestido de cóctel [masculine] (Spanish), cocktailklänning [common-gender] (Swedish)

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