"party dress" meaning in English

See party dress in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: party dresses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} party dress (plural party dresses)
  1. A woman's dress that is too elegant, revealing, dressy or impractical for normal wear. Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (woman's elegant dress): 晚禮服 /晚礼服 (wǎnlǐfú) (Chinese Mandarin), feestjurk [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), juhlamekko (Finnish), robe de soirée [feminine] (French), საღამოს კაბა (saɣamos ḳaba) (Georgian), Partykleid [neuter] (German), パーティードレス (pātīdoresu) (Japanese), вече́рнее пла́тье (večérneje plátʹje) [neuter] (Russian)

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