Clothes in Different Languages
Discover 'Clothes' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Clothes
Afrikaans klere | ||
Albanian rroba | ||
Amharic ልብሶች | ||
Arabic ملابس | ||
Armenian հագուստ | ||
Assamese কাপোৰ | ||
Aymara isi | ||
Azerbaijani paltar | ||
Bambara fini | ||
Basque arropa | ||
Belarusian адзенне | ||
Bengali বস্ত্র | ||
Bhojpuri कपड़ा | ||
Bosnian odjeću | ||
Bulgarian дрехи | ||
Catalan roba | ||
Cebuano mga sinina | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 衣服 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 衣服 | ||
Corsican panni | ||
Croatian odjeća | ||
Czech oblečení | ||
Danish tøj | ||
Dhivehi ހެދުންތައް | ||
Dogri कपड़े | ||
Dutch kleren | ||
English clothes | ||
Esperanto vestoj | ||
Estonian riided | ||
Ewe nudodowo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mga damit | ||
Finnish vaatteet | ||
French vêtements | ||
Frisian klean | ||
Galician roupa | ||
Georgian ტანსაცმელი | ||
German kleider | ||
Greek ρούχα | ||
Guarani ao | ||
Gujarati કપડાં | ||
Haitian Creole rad | ||
Hausa tufafi | ||
Hawaiian lole | ||
Hebrew בגדים | ||
Hindi वस्त्र | ||
Hmong khaub ncaws | ||
Hungarian ruhák | ||
Icelandic föt | ||
Igbo uwe | ||
Ilocano dagiti badu | ||
Indonesian pakaian | ||
Irish éadaí | ||
Italian abiti | ||
Japanese 服 | ||
Javanese klambi | ||
Kannada ಬಟ್ಟೆ | ||
Kazakh киім | ||
Khmer សម្លៀកបំពាក់ | ||
Kinyarwanda imyenda | ||
Konkani कपडे | ||
Korean 천 | ||
Krio klos | ||
Kurdish cil û berg | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) جلوبەرگ | ||
Kyrgyz кийим | ||
Lao ເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງຫົ່ມ | ||
Latin vestimenta sua | ||
Latvian drēbes | ||
Lingala bilamba | ||
Lithuanian drabužiai | ||
Luganda engoye | ||
Luxembourgish kleeder | ||
Macedonian алишта | ||
Maithili कपड़ा | ||
Malagasy fitafiana | ||
Malay pakaian | ||
Malayalam വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ | ||
Maltese ħwejjeġ | ||
Maori kakahu | ||
Marathi कपडे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐꯤꯔꯣꯜ | ||
Mizo thawmhnaw | ||
Mongolian хувцас | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အဝတ်အစား | ||
Nepali लुगा | ||
Norwegian klær | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zovala | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପୋଷାକ | ||
Oromo uffannaa | ||
Pashto کالي | ||
Persian لباس ها | ||
Polish ubranie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) roupas | ||
Punjabi ਕਪੜੇ | ||
Quechua pachakuna | ||
Romanian haine | ||
Russian одежда | ||
Samoan ofu | ||
Sanskrit वस्त्राणि | ||
Scots Gaelic aodach | ||
Sepedi diaparo | ||
Serbian одећа | ||
Sesotho liaparo | ||
Shona zvipfeko | ||
Sindhi ڪپڙا | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පැළදුම් | ||
Slovak oblečenie | ||
Slovenian oblačila | ||
Somali dharka | ||
Spanish ropa | ||
Sundanese baju | ||
Swahili nguo | ||
Swedish kläder | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mga damit | ||
Tajik либос | ||
Tamil ஆடைகள் | ||
Tatar кием | ||
Telugu బట్టలు | ||
Thai เสื้อผ้า | ||
Tigrinya ክዳውንቲ | ||
Tsonga swiambalo | ||
Turkish çamaşırlar | ||
Turkmen eşikler | ||
Twi (Akan) ntoma | ||
Ukrainian одяг | ||
Urdu کپڑے | ||
Uyghur كىيىم | ||
Uzbek kiyim-kechak | ||
Vietnamese quần áo | ||
Welsh dillad | ||
Xhosa iimpahla | ||
Yiddish קליידער | ||
Yoruba aṣọ | ||
Zulu izingubo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "klere" originated from the Dutch word "klederen", meaning "garments" or "clothing". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word “rroba” also means “dress” or “garment” and comes from the Latin word “roba,” meaning “thing” or “goods.” |
| Amharic | "ልብሶች" means clothing or clothes, as far as I know, and I am unaware of any relevant connotations of it in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word "ملابس" is derived from the Arabic root "لبس" meaning "to put on" or "to wear", and it can also refer to a particular type of garment or clothing item. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "paltar" has a homonym meaning "rags" and can also be used to mean "clothes" or "garments" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word "arropa" in Basque, meaning "clothes", is also a cognate of the Spanish word "ropa" and the French word "robe." |
| Belarusian | Беларуское “адзенне” и польское “odzienie” имеют один корень, и оба эти слова первоначально означали просто “одежда” - верхняя в том числе. |
| Bengali | The word "বস্ত্র" can also refer to woven fabrics, textiles, or garments in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | Odjeća (clothes) originates from the old Slavonic word "oděti" which means "to be dressed". |
| Bulgarian | "Дрехи" is a Bulgarian word that comes from the Proto-Slavic word *derti, meaning "to tear". |
| Catalan | The word "roba" in Catalan means "clothes," but it also has other meanings such as "stuff," "goods," and "loot." |
| Cebuano | The word "mga sinina" in Cebuano can also refer to the clothing of a corpse or a ghost. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "衣服" can also refer to a formal dress code or uniform in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character 衣 in 衣服 literally means 'to cover', suggesting the main function of clothing; 服 additionally conveys the sense of 'submission' or 'obedience.' |
| Corsican | Panni can also refer to the pieces of meat used in the production of coppa, pancetta, and other cold cuts. |
| Croatian | "Odjeća' comes from Proto-Slavic *odeti, meaning 'to dress,' and is cognate with other Slavic words for clothing. |
| Czech | "Oblečení" comes from the verb "obléci", which means "to get dressed" in Czech. |
| Danish | The Danish word "tøj" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "*tewǵ, |
| Dutch | The Middle Dutch word "clederen" originally meant the same as "cleet", a word for a piece of cloth used as a garment. |
| Esperanto | "Vestoj" originates from the Latin "vestis," meaning "clothing" or "garment." |
| Estonian | 'Rii' in Estonian language can also mean a strip of fabric or some other material |
| Finnish | "Vaatteet" comes from the same root as "vaata-" (to stare, to look) and refers to the act of covering and adorning the body in order to be looked at. |
| French | French "vêtements" comes from the Latin "vestimentum," which means "garment, raiment." Its cognate is the English word "vestment." |
| Frisian | The word "klean" is used in Frisian to refer to the "clothes" one is currently wearing |
| Galician | "Roupa" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁rewp-, meaning "tear" or "pull". It is cognate with Latin "rumpō" and English "rupture". The word also means "linen" in Portuguese and Spanish. |
| German | The German word "Kleider" originally referred only to garments made from cloth while garments made from leather or skin were termed " Gewand." |
| Greek | "Ρούχα" also means "stuff, things," as in η ντουλάπα έχει πολλά ρούχα, "the closet has a lot of stuff/things". |
| Gujarati | The word "કપડાં" can also refer to a collection of clothes or a set of clothes worn together as an outfit. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "rad" in Haitian Creole can also mean "cool" or "stylish". |
| Hausa | "Tufafi" is also used to refer to items of clothing that are traditionally worn by people of specific ethnic or cultural groups in Nigeria. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word 'lole' is also used to refer to fabric, clothing material, and garments. |
| Hebrew | The word "בגדים" (clothes) has the same root as the word "בגד" (treason), referencing the way clothing can conceal or reveal the body. |
| Hindi | Derived from the Sanskrit root 'vas', meaning 'to dwell' or 'to cover', the Hindi word 'वस्त्र' (clothes) also denotes the idea of protection or shelter. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "khaub ncaws" can also refer to bed sheets. |
| Hungarian | The word "ruhák" may also refer to clothing materials in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "föt" is cognate with the English word "feet," reflecting the historical use of animal skins for clothing. |
| Igbo | Igbo word "uwe" also translates to "skin" in certain contexts, indicating its intrinsic connection with the human body. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'pakaian' shares a Proto-Austronesian root with the Philippine word 'payak', meaning 'to cover'. |
| Irish | Éadaí, meaning 'clothes' or 'attire', derives from an Old Irish word that originally meant 'clothing material' and later came to mean 'clothing' itself. |
| Italian | Abiti (clothes) derives from Latin _habitus_ meaning "dress, condition, behavior" |
| Japanese | The word '服' in Japanese can also mean 'medicine' or 'service'. |
| Javanese | The word "klambi" in Javanese can also refer to a piece of fabric used for wrapping or carrying something. |
| Kannada | "ಬಟ್ಟೆ" is derived from the Proto-Dravidian *paṭṭa, meaning "to wrap or cover". |
| Kazakh | In Turkish, "kıyafet" and "kiyim" both mean "clothes", reflecting the historical connections between the two languages. |
| Khmer | The term "សម្លៀកបំពាក់" (clothes) derives from the Sanskrit words "sam" (with, together) and "vastra" (garment), implying its function as a covering for the body. |
| Korean | '천' is also used to denote the 'sky' in Korean, derived from the Middle Korean word 'cheoneon' meaning 'heaven' or 'sky'. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "cil û berg" (clothes) is also used to refer to a person's attire or clothing.} |
| Kyrgyz | The word "кийим" (clothes) in Kyrgyz is derived from the Old Turkic word "kiyik" meaning "wear, dress, raiment." |
| Latin | The Latin word "vestimenta sua" can also refer to "his/her/their clothes" or "the clothes of him/her/them". |
| Latvian | It may share a common origin with the Russian word “тряпка” (rag) which may in turn be related to the Greek τρίβω ( I rub). |
| Lithuanian | The word "drabužiai" is derived from the Slavic word *drabuga* meaning "fabric". |
| Luxembourgish | In informal contexts, "Kleeder" can also refer to "shoes" |
| Macedonian | "Алишта", meaning "clothes", stems from the verb "алиштам", "to change", implying the dynamic nature of clothing and personal style. |
| Malagasy | In Tahitian, fitafiana refers to the long garment worn by women. |
| Malay | The word "pakaian" can also refer to the act of dressing or grooming oneself in Malay. |
| Maltese | Ħwejjeġ is derived from the Arabic word "hawāij" meaning "things of the house" or "belongings". |
| Maori | "Kakahu" can also refer to feathered cloaks used for ceremonies or worn after battle. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "कपडे" derives from the Sanskrit word "कपट", meaning "deceit" or "disguise". |
| Mongolian | The word "хувцас" has multiple etymologies, including from the Mongolian verb "хувцасхуй", meaning "to cover or conceal". |
| Nepali | "लुगा" (clothes) is also a term used in the Mithila region to refer to a particular type of traditional wrap-around garment worn by women. |
| Norwegian | The word 'klær' is derived from the Old Norse word 'klæði,' which means 'cloth' or 'material'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "zovala" in Nyanja (Chichewa) may also refer to "things" or "possessions" in a broader sense. |
| Pashto | The word "کالي" in Pashto is etymologically related to the Sanskrit word "कल" (kala), meaning "black" or "dark". |
| Persian | The word "لباس ها" in Persian also refers to a "uniform" or "garment" designed for a specific purpose or group of people. |
| Polish | The word 'ubranie' can also be used to refer to a person's manner of dressing or their style of clothing. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "roupas" in Portuguese is related to the Latin word "rupta", meaning "torn pieces", which refers to the rags or coarse fabrics used to make clothes in the past. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕਪੜੇ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "कपट", meaning "covering" or "disguise". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "haine" derives from the Latin word "lana", meaning "wool", and can also refer to clothing in general. |
| Russian | The Russian word "одежда" (clothes) ultimately derives from the Proto-Slavic root *oděti, meaning "to put on". |
| Samoan | "Ofu" can also mean "uniform" or an "outfit" |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'aodach' is derived from the Old Irish word 'étach', meaning 'garment' or 'clothing'. |
| Serbian | Одећа can also mean 'clothing' in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word 'liaparo' in Sesotho also refers to a type of traditional garment worn by women, typically characterized by a long, flowing skirt and a matching blouse. |
| Shona | The word "zvipfeko" comes from the Proto-Bantu root "*pfek-/", which means "to cover". It can also refer to a blanket or a bedspread. |
| Sindhi | "Cupṛo" (clothes) may be related to "cūrṇī" (powdered), "cupri" (to sprinkle), and ultimately Sanskrit "cūrṇa." This suggests "cupṛo" originally described clothes dusted with talcum powder or the like. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "පැළදුම්" ("clothes") in Sinhala derives from the Sanskrit word "पट्टवस्त्र" ("pattavastra"), meaning "garment", and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root "*pet-**" ("to spread out") which is also found in the English word "petticoat". |
| Slovak | 'Oblečenie' in Slovak comes from the Slavic word 'obleči', meaning 'to clothe' or 'to cover', and is related to the word 'oblek', meaning 'suit' or 'outfit'. |
| Slovenian | Historically, the Slavic root used to form the word 'oblačilo' was also used to refer to clouds, fog or covering. |
| Somali | In southern Somali, 'dharka' is the term for a 'woman's dress', while in northern Somali, it refers to a man's 'loincloth' or 'wrapper' |
| Spanish | The word "ropa" can also refer to the part of a bull's hide that is used to make leather. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "baju" can also refer to a jacket, coat, or long-sleeved shirt. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, the word 'nguo' also has meanings related to clothing, such as 'fabric' and 'garment'. |
| Swedish | The word "kläder" is derived from the Old Norse word "kláð", meaning "cloth" or "garment". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "mga damit" derives from "damít," its root word meaning "to cover" or "to clothe," and shares its root with "damít," a type of cloth or garment, and "damít-panlúob," undergarments. |
| Tajik | The word "либос" in Tajik is borrowed from the Persian word "lebas", meaning "garments" or "attire". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word |
| Telugu | The word "బట్టలు" (clothes) in Telugu is derived from the Sanskrit word "वस्त्र" (clothing). |
| Thai | The word "เสื้อผ้า" (clothes) in Thai is derived from the Sanskrit word "vastra" meaning "garment" or "cloth". |
| Turkish | The word "çamaşırlar" also refers to the process of washing clothes, likely stemming from its connection to water via the Persian word "çamāshīr". |
| Ukrainian | Its root "дяг" means "to put on", but in the modern language this word only exists in the 3rd person plural form "дягнуть". |
| Urdu | The word "کپڑے" in Urdu can also refer to the concept of "clothing" in a broader sense, encompassing both garments and other items worn on the body for protection or adornment. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word `kiyim-kechak` also refers to any kind of fabric or cloth. |
| Vietnamese | "Quần áo" literally means "pants-clothes," indicating the two basic pieces of clothing in Vietnamese culture. |
| Welsh | Welsh "dillad" shares its root with the Latin "vestimenta", both meaning "clothes". |
| Xhosa | The word "iimpahla" in Xhosa can also refer to the contents of a person's stomach. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קליידער" is derived from the Slavic word "klady" and can also refer to a piece of furniture such as a wardrobe. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "aṣọ" not only means "clothes", but also refers to a cloth used in religious rituals or as a symbol of status and wealth. |
| Zulu | In some dialects, "izingubo" can also refer to a special attire worn by a maiden during the "umhlonyane" fertility ceremony. |
| English | The word "clothes" derives from the Old English word "clath", meaning "cloth" or "garment". |