costume

costume

a style of clothing typical of a particular time, country, or people; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion: a Halloween costume

Not to be confused with:

custom – a practice followed as a matter of course among a people; a habitual practice of an individual: It is her custom to take a walk every night before dinner.

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cos·tume

(kŏs′to͞om′, -tyo͞om′)

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. (kŏ-sto͞om′, -styo͞om′, kŏs′to͞om′, -tyo͞om′) 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 Old Italian, custom, ultimately (possibly via Vulgar Latin *cōnstūmen, *cōnstūmin-), from alteration of Latin cōnsuētūdō, cōnsuētūdin-; see custom.]

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costume

(ˈkɒstjuːm)

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a complete style of dressing, including all the clothes, accessories, etc, worn at one time, as in a particular country or period; dress: national costume.

2. (Clothing & Fashion) old-fashioned a woman's suit

3. (Clothing & Fashion) a set of clothes, esp unusual or period clothes, worn in a play by an actor or at a fancy dress ball: a jester's costume.

4. (Clothing & Fashion) short for swimming costume

vb (tr)

5. (Clothing & Fashion) to furnish the costumes for (a show, film, etc)

6. (Clothing & Fashion) to dress (someone) in a costume

[C18: from French, from Italian: dress, habit, custom]

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cos•tume

(ˈkɒs tum, -tyum; v. also kɒˈstum, -ˈstyum)

n., v. -tumed, -tum•ing,
adj. n.

1. style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, esp. that peculiar to a nation, group, or historical period.

2. clothing of another period, place, etc., or for a particular occasion or season.

3. a set of garments, esp. women's garments, selected for wear at a single time; outfit.

v.t.

4. to furnish with a costume; dress.

adj.

5. of or characterized by the wearing of costumes: a costume party.

[1705–15; < French < Italian: usage, habit, dress; doublet of custom]

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costume

Past participle: costumed
Gerund: costuming

Imperative

costume

costume

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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 Even from a distance, the effect of his costume was stunning.

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costume

noun

1. A set or style of clothing:

dress, garb, guise, habiliment (often used in plural), outfit, turnout.

Informal: getup, rig.

2. Clothes or other personal effects, such as makeup, worn to conceal one's identity:

disguise.

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Translations

زيزِيّلِباس خاصمَلَابِسُ تَنَكُّرِيَّة

kostýmmaškarní kostýmúbor

dragtklædedragtkostumeudklædning

KostümMaskenkostümTracht

αποκριάτικη στολήενδυμασία

disfraztrajetraje de etiquetavestimentavestuario

naamiaispukupuku

costumedéguisement

kostim

jelmezkosztümöltözetruhaviselet

búningurklæînaîur

costumecostume da bagnomascheramettersi in costumeabbigliamento

仮装服身なり

가장 무도회 의상복장

kostiumaikostiumas

kostīmstērps

kostuum

drakt-drakt-dresskarnevalskostymekostyme

kostiumprzebranie

fantasia

костюммаскарадный костюмнаряд

kostumnoša

maskeradkläder

เครื่องแต่งกายชุดแฟนซี

kostüm…kıyafetibalo kostümüelbisekıyafet

quần áo hóa trangtrang phục

服装装束化装舞会服装在特定场合下穿的全套服装

costume

[ˈkɒstjuːm]

A. N

1. [of country] → traje m; (= fancy dress) → disfraz m; (= lady's suit) → traje m sastre; (= bathing costume) → bañador m, traje m de baño

2. costumes (Theat) → vestuario msing

B. CPD costume ball N → baile m de disfraces
costume designer N (Cine, TV) → diseñador(a) m/f de vestuario
costume drama N → obra f dramática de época
costume jewellery (Brit) costume jewelry (US) N → bisutería f, joyas fpl de fantasía
costume party N (US) = costume ball costume piece, costume play N = costume drama

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costume

[ˈkɒstjuːm] n

[actor] → costume m

(traditional) → costume m

(= lady's suit) → tailleur m

(British) (also swimming costume) → maillot m, tenue f de baincostume department n (in theatre or television company) → services mpl de l'habillementcostume designer n → créateur/trice m/f de costumescostume drama n

(= film) → film m en costume d'époque (= play) → pièce f en costume d'époque

(= film genre) → films mpl en costume d'époque (= dramatic genre) → pièces fpl en costume d'époquecostume jewellery n → bijoux mpl fantaisie

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

costume

n → Kostüm nt; (= bathing costume) → Badeanzug m

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costume

:

costume ball

n → Kostümfest nt

costume drama

n

(= play) → Schauspiel nt → in historischen Kostümen; (= film) → Kostümfilm m, → Historienfilm m; (= series) → Serie f → in historischen Kostümen

(= genre, Theat) → Schauspiele pl → in historischen Kostümen; (Film) → Kostümfilme pl; (TV) → Serien pl → in historischen Kostümen

costume jewellery

n → Modeschmuck m

costume piece, costume play

n → Schauspiel nt → in historischen Kostümen

costume ring

n → Modeschmuckring m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

costume

[ˈkɒstjuːm] n (gen) → costume m (Brit) (also swimming costume) → costume da bagno

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

costume

(ˈkostjuːm) noun

1. an outfit, especially for a particular purpose. swimming-costume. kostuum لِباس خاص костюм traje úbor das Kostüm dragt στολή, φορεσιάtraje kostüüm لباس asuste costumeתלבושת वेशभूषा kostim viselet kostum búningur costume ～着 복장 kostiumas kostīms kostum kostuum-drakt, –dress kostium کالی fato cos­tum костюм úbor noša, obleka kostim dräkt เครื่องแต่งกายสำหรับจุดประสงค์เฉพาะ kıyafet, ...kıyafeti (針對特定目的的)服裝 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 traje kostým das Kostüm klædedragt; dragt κοστούμι, ενδυμασίαtraje; disfraz riietus پوشاک؛ رخت و لباس vaatteet costumeתלבושת पहनावा odjeća, kostim ruha pakaian klæðnaður costume 服装 의상 drabužiai, kostiumai kostīms; tērps pakaian kostuumkostyme, draktstrój کالی traje costum одежда; костюм kostým obleka, kostum kostim kläder, klädedräkt เสื้อผ้า elbise, kostüm 洋裝，服裝 одяг ملبوسات trang phục 服装

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costume

→ زِيّ, مَلَابِسُ تَنَكُّرِيَّة kostým, maškarní kostým kostume, udklædning Kostüm, Maskenkostüm αποκριάτικη στολή, ενδυμασία disfraz, traje de etiqueta, vestimenta, vestuario naamiaispuku, puku costume, déguisement kostim costume 仮装服, 身なり 가장 무도회 의상, 복장 kostuum drakt, karnevalskostyme kostium, przebranie fantasia костюм, маскарадный костюм maskeradkläder เครื่องแต่งกาย, ชุดแฟนซี balo kostümü, kostüm quần áo hóa trang, trang phục 化装舞会服装, 服装

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