See also: cloþes

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English clothes, cloþes, plural of cloth, cloþ (cloth, garment), from Old English clāþas (clothes), plural of clāþ (cloth), equivalent to cloth +‎ -es. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (clothes), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede, German Kleider.

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clothes pl (plural only)

  1. (plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
  2. (obsolete) plural of cloth.
  3. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
    • 1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove:
      She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.
  4. Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
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  • Sranan Tongo: krosi
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Etymology 2

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clothe +‎ -s

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clothes

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clothe

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Middle English

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clothes

  1. plural of cloth

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