apparel

English

Etymology

Old French apareillier

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /əˈpæɹəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈpæɹ.əl/, /əˈpɛɹ.əl/

Noun

apparel (countable and uncountable, plural apparels)

1. Clothing.
   • (Can we date this quote by Denham and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     fresh in his new apparel, proud and young

   • (Can we date this quote by Tatler and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity.

2. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
3. (nautical) The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
4. Aspect; guise.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:clothing

Translations

clothing

• Bulgarian: облекло́ (bg) n (oblekló), дре́хи (bg) pl (dréhi), оде́жда (bg) f (odéžda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 服饰 (zh)

• Crimean Tatar: urba
• Dutch: kleding (nl)
• Esperanto: vestado
• Finnish: vaatetus (fi), vaatteet (fi)
• Hebrew: ביגוד‎ (he) m (bigúd)
• Interlingue: vestiment, costume
• Italian: abbigliamento (it) m

• Korean: 의복 (ko) (uibok), 의류 (ko) (uiryu), 복장 (ko) (bokjang)
• Latin: vestītus m
• Macedonian: облека f (obleka), руво n (ruvo)
• Manx: eaddeeyn m pl
• Maori: weruweru, weweru, weweru, ko(w)heka, kōwhekawheka, pakikau
• Norwegian: antrekk (no), påkledning
• Portuguese: vestimenta (pt)
• Russian: оде́жда (ru) f (odéžda)
• Serbo-Croatian: одећа f
• Spanish: atavío (es) m, ropa (es) f
• Welsh: gwisgiad m, gwisgiadau m pl

Verb

apparel (third-person singular simple present apparels, present participle appareling or apparelling, simple past and past participle appareled or apparelled)

1. (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
   • Bible, Luke vii. 25

     They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.

2. (transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.

   ships appareled to fight

3. (transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental

   trees appareled with flowers

   a garden appareled with greenery

Translations

to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out

• Bulgarian: снаряжавам (bg) (snarjažavam)
• Finnish: varustaa (fi)

• Korean: 장비하다 (jangbihada)
• Russian: снаряжа́ть (ru) impf (snarjažátʹ), снаряди́ть (ru) pf (snarjadítʹ)

to dress or clothe

• Bulgarian: обличам (bg) (obličam)
• Finnish: pukea (fi)
• Hebrew: הלביש‎ (he) (hilbísh)

• Korean: 입히다 (ko) (iphida)
• Portuguese: vestir (pt)
• Russian: одева́ть (ru) impf (odevátʹ), оде́ть (ru) pf (odétʹ), наряжа́ть (ru) impf (narjažátʹ), наряди́ть (ru) pf (narjadítʹ)

to deck

• Bulgarian: украсявам (bg) (ukrasjavam)
• Finnish: koristella (fi)
• Hebrew: עיטר‎ (itér)

• Korean: 꾸미다 (ko) (kkumida)
• Russian: наряжат́ь (ru) impf (narjažat́ʹ), наряди́ть (ru) pf (narjadítʹ), украша́ть (ru) (ukrašátʹ), укра́сить (ru) pf (ukrásitʹ)

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Translations to be checked

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} kle på, ^{(please verify)} antrekke