costume

cos·tume  (kstm, -tym)

n.

1. A style of dress, including garments, accessories, and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period, or people.

2. An outfit or a disguise worn on Mardi Gras, Halloween, or similar occasions.

3. A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.

tr.v. (k-stm, -stym, kstm, -tym) cos·tumed, cos·tum·ing, cos·tumes

1. To put a costume on; dress.

2. To design or furnish costumes for.

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[French, from Italian, style, dress, from Latin cnsutd, custom; see custom.]

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costume

Noun

1. a style of dressing, including all the clothes and accessories, typical of a particular country or period

2. the clothes worn by an actor or performer: a jester's costume

3. short for swimming costume

Verb

[-tuming, -tumed]

to provide with a costume: she was costumed by many of the great Hollywood designers [Italian: dress, custom]

costumed adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	costume - the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume" attire, garb, dress - clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" fancy dress, masquerade costume, masquerade - a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party wardrobe - collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company
	2.	costume - unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place; "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume" attire, garb, dress - clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress"
	3.	costume - the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments) attire, garb, dress - clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress"
	4.	costume - the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume" academic costume - a costume worn on formal occasions by the faculty or students of a university or college attire, garb, dress - clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" rigout - a person's costume (especially if bizarre); "What a queer rigout!"
Verb	1.	costume - dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins" dress up attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up, gussy up, overdress, prink, get up - put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party" apparel, clothe, enclothe, garb, garment, raiment, tog, habilitate, fit out, dress - provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"
	2.	costume - furnish with costumes; as for a film or play performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

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costume

noun outfit, dress, clothing, get-up (informal) uniform, ensemble, robes, livery, apparel, attire, garb, national dress

Translations

costume [ˈkɔstjuːm] n → traje m;

(BRIT) (also: swimming costume) → traje de baño

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costume [ˈkɔstjuːm] n → costume m (= lady's suit); tailleur m;

(Brit) (also: swimming costume) → maillot m (de bain)

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costume [ˈkɔstjuːm] n → Kostüm nt;

(Brit) (also: swimming costume) → Badeanzug m

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costume [ˈkɔstjuːm] n → costume m (= lady's suit); tailleur m inv;

(BRIT) (also: swimming costume) → costume da bagno

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costume

n costume [ˈkostjuːm]

1 an outfit, especially for a particular purpose swimming-costume. kostuum لِباس خاص костюм úbor dragt das Kostüm στολή, φορεσιά traje kostüüm لباس puku costume תִלבּוֹשֶת वेशभूषा kostim viselet kostum búningur costume ～着 옷차림 kostiumas kostīms kostum kostuum -drakt, –dress kostium fato cos­tum костюм úbor noša, obleka kostim dräkt เครื่องแต่งกายสำหรับจุดประสงค์เฉพาะ kıyafet, ...kıyafeti (在特定場合下穿的)全套服裝, 裝束 костюм لباس، جوڑا، پوشاک trang bị （在特定场合下穿的）全套服装, 装束

2 dress, clothes eighteenth-century costume. klere زي (وَطني) облекло kostým klædedragt; dragt das Kostüm κοστούμι, ενδυμασία traje; disfraz riietus پوشاک؛ رخت و لباس asu, puku costume תִלבּוֹשֶת पहनावा odjeća, kostim ruha pakaian klæðnaður costume 服装 의상 drabužiai, kostiumai kostīms; tērps pakaian kostuum kostyme, drakt strój traje costum одежда; костюм kostým obleka, kostum kostim kläder, klädedräkt เสื้อผ้า elbise, kostüm 服裝 одяг ملبوسات trang phục 服装