outfit

See also: Outfit

English

Alternative forms

• out-fit

Etymology

Variant of earlier out-fit, from fit out. Equivalent to out- +‎ fit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtfɪt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -aʊtfɪt
• Hyphenation: out‧fit

Noun

outfit (plural outfits)

1. A set of clothing (with accessories).

   Synonym: getup

   She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes.

   • 2003, Jason Isbell, Outfit:

     Don't call what you're wearing an outfit.

2. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
3. Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Salarians: League of One Codex entry:

     The League of One was suddenly exposed and in danger of being hunted by enemies of the salarians. Before any harm could be done, the team mysteriously disappeared.[...]Realizing the threat posed by this rogue outfit, the Special Tasks Group dispatched a team of hunters. When they didn't return, the STG dispatched ten of its brightest operators with broad discretionary powers. Only two returned; they reported no evidence of the League.

4. (informal) A business or firm.

   Should we buy it here, or do you think the outfit across town will have a better deal?

5. (sports) A sports team.
   • 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     With only two fit centre-backs available, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp employed young midfielder Jake Livermore at the back alongside Sebastien Bassong but Spurs struggled against a seasoned Champions League outfit, who beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp in 2009-10 and continually worked their way between the home defence to create some golden opportunities.

6. (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.

   Antonym: infit

7. (Canada, historical) A fiscal year of the Hudson's Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period.
   • 1949, John McLoughlin, The Financial Papers of Dr. John McLoughlin, page 56:

     […] the outfit of 1821, which outfit suffered a loss. From 1822 there were profits on each outfit as the many subsequent credit entries indicate.

Derived terms

• groutfit
• outfit doctor

Descendants

• → Dutch: outfit
• → German: Outfit
• → Italian: outfit
• → Portuguese: outfit
• → Serbo-Croatian: outfit
• → Spanish: outfit

Translations

set of clothing

• Arabic: زِيّ m (ziyy)

  Chadian Arabic: خلك (ḵalak)

• Bulgarian: екипировка (bg) f (ekipirovka)
• Catalan: vestit (ca)
• Dutch: outfit (nl) m
• Esperanto: kostumo
• Estonian: riietus
• Finnish: vaatekerta (fi), puku (fi), asu (fi)
• French: complet (fr) m, costume (fr) m, tenue (fr) f
• Galician: traxe (gl) m
• German: Outfit (de) n
• Greek: εξάρτυση (el) f (exártysi)
• Hebrew: תִּלְבֹּשֶׁת (he) f (tilbóshet)
• Hungarian: felszerelés (hu), szerelés (hu), ruha (hu), ruházat (hu), öltözék (hu), jelmez (hu), öltözet (hu), viselet (hu)
• Italian: completo (it) m, tenuta (it) f
• Latin: vestitus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: antrekk (no) n, drakt m or f

  Nynorsk: antrekk n, drakt f

• Polish: ubiór (pl) m
• Portuguese: conjunto (pt) m, roupa (pt) f, modelito m, visual (pt) m
• Romanian: costum (ro) n
• Russian: обмундирова́ние (ru) n (obmundirovánije), экипиро́вка (ru) f (ekipiróvka), костюм (ru) m (kostjum), наряд (ru) m (narjad)
• Serbo-Croatian: odijelo (sh) n
• Slovene: obleka (sl) f, oprava f
• Spanish: conjunto (es) m, atuendo (es) m, tenida (es) f, vestimenta (es) f
• Swedish: kläder (sv) c pl, utstyrsel (sv) c, utrustning (sv) c

gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose

• Bulgarian: оборудване (bg) n (oborudvane)
• Dutch: set (nl) m
• Finnish: varusteet (fi) pl, välineet (fi)
• French: nécessaire (fr) m
• Hungarian: készlet (hu), felszerelés (hu)
• Russian: снаряже́ние (ru) n (snarjažénije)

cohesive group of people; a unit

• Dutch: eenheid (nl) f
• Finnish: yksikkö (fi), osasto (fi)
• Hungarian: csapat (hu), társaság (hu), kompánia (hu)
• Polish: ekipa (pl) f, zespół (pl) m
• Russian: подразделе́ние (ru) n (podrazdelénije), гру́ппа (ru) f (grúppa)
• Swedish: arbetslag (sv) n

business or firm

• Finnish: liike (fi), pulju (fi), kauppa (fi), myymälä (fi), firma (fi)
• French: maison (fr) f
• Hungarian: szervezet (hu), cég (hu), kóceráj (hu)
• Polish: firma (pl) f, kompania (pl) f
• Russian: компа́ния (ru) f (kompánija), фи́рма (ru) f (fírma)
• Spanish: organización (es) f, bufete m
• Swedish: firma (sv) c, företag (sv) n

sports team

• Dutch: team (nl) n
• Finnish: joukkue (fi)
• Hungarian: sportcsapat (hu), csapat (hu)
• Russian: команда (ru) f (komanda)

Verb

outfit (third-person singular simple present outfits, present participle outfitting, simple past and past participle outfitted)

1. (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

   The expedition was outfitted with proper clothing, food, and other necessities.

Synonyms

• equip
• fit

Derived terms

• outfitter

Translations

to provide with

• Bulgarian: снабдявам (bg) (snabdjavam), екипирам (bg) (ekipiram)
• Finnish: varustaa (fi)
• Hungarian: felszereléssel/ruhával/ruházattal ellát, felszerel (hu)
• Latin: ornō
• Maori: tāwharu (refers to clothing)
• Portuguese: equipar (pt)
• Russian: укомплектовывать (ru) impf (ukomplektovyvatʹ), снаряжать (ru) impf (snarjažatʹ)
• Swedish: klä (sv), utrusta (sv)

Anagrams

• fit out, fit-out, fitout

Catalan

Noun

outfit m (plural outfits)

1. outfit (clothing)

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: out‧fit

Noun

outfit m (plural outfits, diminutive outfitje n)

1. outfit (set of clothing)

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈawt.fit/
• Rhymes: -awtfit
• Hyphenation: òut‧fit

Noun

outfit m

1. outfit (set of clothing)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.t͡ʃiˈfi.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈfi.t͡ʃi], /awt͡ʃˈfit͡ʃ/ [aʊ̯t͡ʃˈfit͡ʃ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.t͡ʃiˈfi.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈfi.t͡ʃi], /awt͡ʃˈfit͡ʃ/ [aʊ̯t͡ʃˈfit͡ʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awt͡ʃˈfit͡ʃ/ [aʊ̯t͡ʃˈfit͡ʃ], /aw.t͡ʃiˈfi.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈfi.t͡ʃi]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awˈtfit/

• Rhymes: -itʃi, -it
• Hyphenation: out‧fit

Noun

outfit m (plural outfits)

1. (informal) outfit (set of clothing)

   Synonyms: roupa, traje, (Portugal) fato

Further reading

• “outfit”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• àutfīt

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

Noun

outfit m (Cyrillic spelling оутфит)

1. (Croatia, Bosnia) outfit (set of clothing)

References

• “outfit”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaudfit/ [ˈau̯ð̞.fit̪]
• Rhymes: -audfit
• Syllabification: out‧fit

Noun

outfit m (plural outfits)

1. outfit (set of clothing)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.