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garment

/ˈɡɑːmənt/GAHR-muhnt
/ˈɡɑɹmənt/GAHR-muhnt

Meaningclothing or equipment

Common meaning: an item of clothing

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchgarnement‘clothing or equipment’source
  2. Middle Englishgarnement‘clothing’source
  3. Englishgarment‘an item of clothing’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old French garnement ‘clothing or equipment’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry GARMENT, p. 207 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • garnement Old French “clothing or equipment”

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