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apparel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /əˈpɛ.ɹəl/ (US)
  • /əˈpæɹəl/
  • /əˈpæ.ɹəl/ (US)

Etymology

From Old French apareillier. Doublet of parrel.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Clothing.
    • fresh in his new apparel, proud and young 1636 (date written), John Denham, “The Destruction of Troy, an Essay upon the Second Book of Virgils Æneis”, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, London: […] [John Macock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1668, →OCLC:
  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Aspect, guise, form.
    • At public devotions, her winning modesty, her resigned carriage, made virtue and religion appear with new ornaments, and in the natural apparel of simplicity and beauty. 1709 August 23 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Friday, August 13, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 54; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
  3. (countable) A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
    • And if there is need of any thing, such as ship's apparel or other necessaries, and the merchants desire to purchase them, they may do so, and when the voyage is concluded, the merchants may claim for themselves the things which they have bought for the ship or vessel 1871, Travis Twiss, Black Book of the Admiralty:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
apparels Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

wearing apparel · intimate apparel

Translations (49)

pt vestimenta (clothing) · pl ubranie (clothing) · mi weweru (clothing) · ar أَلْبِسَة (clothing) · fi vaate (clothing) · gv eaddeeyn (clothing) · bg дре́хи (clothing) · ru оде́жда (clothing) · af drag (clothing) · fi asu (clothing) · bg оде́жда (clothing) · mi ko(w)heka (clothing) · crh urba (clothing) · bg облекло́ (clothing) · es atavío (clothing) · scn robbi (clothing) · fi vaatetus (clothing) · af kleding (clothing) · mi weruweru (clothing) · af gewaad (clothing) · it abbigliamento (clothing) · chr ᏧᎾᏄᏬ (clothing) · rsk шмати (clothing) · ko 의류 (clothing) · cmn 服饰 (clothing) · ko 의복 (clothing) · he ביגוד (clothing) · no antrekk (clothing) · fi puku (clothing) · cy gwisgiadau (clothing) · hi परिधान (clothing) · ar مَلَابِس (clothing) · cy gwisgiad (clothing) · pl odzież (clothing) · nl kleding (clothing) · sh одећа (clothing) · no påkledning (clothing) · chr ᏗᎿᏬ (clothing) · ko 복장 (clothing) · mi kōwhekawheka (clothing) · fr vêtements (clothing) · pl strój (clothing) · eo vestado (clothing) · la vestītus (clothing) · mk руво (clothing) · es ropa (clothing) · mk облека (clothing) · mi pakikau (clothing) · fi vaatteet (clothing)

apparel en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /əˈpɛ.ɹəl/ (US)
  • /əˈpæɹəl/
  • /əˈpæ.ɹəl/ (US)

Etymology

From Old French apareillier. Doublet of parrel.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
    • presently entered a baron and an earl appareled after the Turkish fashion in long robes of bawdkin powdered with gold 1881, Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper:
    • They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts. 1568, Bishops' Bible, Luke vii. 25
  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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
appareled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
appareled Tense=Past US lexicographic
apparelled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
apparelled Tense=Past UK lexicographic
appareling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
apparelling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
apparels Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

apparelment · unappareled · reapparel · unapparel · disapparel

Synonyms

ornament · put on · dight (to dress) · don · adorn (to dress with external ornaments) · kit out (to furnish with apparatus)

Translations (41)

ru снаряди́ть (to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out) · pl udekorować (to deck) · pl zaopatrzyć (to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out) · pl odziewać (to dress or clothe) · fi koristaa (to deck) · ru наряжа́ть (to dress or clothe) · bg снаряжавам (to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out) · pl wyposażać (to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out) · pl wystrajać (to dress or clothe) · bg украсявам (to deck) · fi sonnustautua (to dress or clothe) · ru оде́ть (to dress or clothe) · he הלביש (to dress or clothe) · pl wystroić (to dress or clothe) · pl wystroić (to deck) · pl wyekwipować (to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out) · fi pukea (to dress or clothe) · pl stroić (to dress or clothe) · ru украша́ть (to deck) · ko 꾸미다 (to deck) · ko 장비하다 (to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out) · pl zaopatrywać (to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out) · bg обличам (to dress or clothe) · pl ubrać (to dress or clothe) · pl wystrajać (to deck) · ru наряди́ть (to dress or clothe) · pl dekorować (to deck) · fi koristella (to deck) · pl ekwipować (to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out) · ko 입히다 (to dress or clothe) · pl wyposażyć (to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out) · ru наряжат́ь (to deck) · ru укра́сить (to deck) · fi varustaa (to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out) · pt vestir (to dress or clothe) · ru одева́ть (to dress or clothe) · pl ubierać (to dress or clothe) · he עיטר (to deck) · pl odziać (to dress or clothe) · ru снаряжа́ть (to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out) · ru наряди́ть (to deck)