"evening dress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: evening dresses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} evening dress (countable and uncountable, plural evening dresses)
  1. (countable) An elegant dress worn by women, especially for social events in the evening, an evening gown. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (elegant dress worn by women): aandrok (Afrikaans), aandjapon (Afrikaans), dansrok (Afrikaans), róba [feminine] (Czech), aftenkjole [common-gender] (Danish), avondjapon (Dutch), avondjurk (Dutch), õhtukleit (Estonian), juhlapuku (Finnish), robe de soirée [feminine] (French), estélyi (Hungarian), kvöldkjóll [masculine] (Icelandic), abito da sera [masculine] (Italian), aftenkjole [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), selskapskjole (Norwegian Bokmål), selskapskjole (Norwegian Nynorsk), ținută de seară [feminine] (Romanian), aftonklänning [common-gender] (Swedish), abiye (Turkish), אָוונטקלייד (ovntkleyd) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-evening_dress-en-noun-W5srfciG Disambiguation of Clothing: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'elegant dress worn by women': 88 12
  2. (uncountable) Formal attire worn for evening social events. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (formal attire for evenings): aandkostuum (Afrikaans), frakki (english: men's) (Finnish), iltapuku (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-evening_dress-en-noun-f~UP84Pv Disambiguation of Clothing: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of 'formal attire for evenings': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: evening gown Derived forms: evening-dressed

Inflected forms

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