English Explanatory Dictionary

gown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A loose, flowing upper garment.
  2. A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
  3. The official robe of certain professionals, clerics, and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
  4. The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.
  5. The university community, especially as contrasted with the local populace.
  6. A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
  7. Any sort of dress or garb.
  8. The robe worn by a surgeon.
verb
  1. To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡaʊ̯n/ En-us-gown.ogg /ˈɡæʊ̯n/ /ˈɡaːn/

Word forms

gown gowns gowning gowned

Etymology

From Middle English gowne, from Anglo-Norman goune, gune (“fur-trimmed coat, pelisse”), from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna (“leather garment, a fur”). Cognate with Manx gooyn, Irish gúna.

Derived words

ballgown bedgown begown begowned Bluegown bouffant gown Brunswick gown cap and gown carriage gown commoner's gown disgown dressing gown dressing-gown evening gown fire-gown Geneva gown gownie gownless gownlet gownlike gownmaker gownmaking gownman gownsman green gown hospital gown mandarin gown Maria Clara gown morning gown nightgown old gown overgown powdering gown scholar's gown sea gown shortgown stuff gown suicide gown surgical gown tea gown tea-gown town and gown town-and-gown undergown ungown ungowned wedding gown wrapping gown

Translations

Albanian: petk Bulgarian: тога Czech: talár Dutch: toga French: toge French: robe German: Robe German: Talar Hungarian: talár Irish: gúna Italian: toga Latin: abolla Macedonian: тога Middle English: gowne Portuguese: beca Russian: ма́нтия Russian: пла́тье Spanish: toga Spanish: talar Swedish: kappa Thai: เสื้อคลุม
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