Dictionary

cocktail dress en · NOUN

Etymology

Apparently coined by Christian Dior in the late 1940s to refer to early-evening wear.

Meanings

1. A type of women's evening dress suitable for semiformal occasions or cocktail parties.

Forms

Translations (9)

sv cocktailklänning (woman's evening dress suitable for cocktail parties) · de Cocktailkleid (woman's evening dress suitable for cocktail parties) · hu koktélruha (woman's evening dress suitable for cocktail parties) · fi cocktail-mekko (woman's evening dress suitable for cocktail parties) · cmn 小禮服 /小礼服 (woman's evening dress suitable for cocktail parties) · ro rochie de cocktail (woman's evening dress suitable for cocktail parties) · ru выходно́е пла́тье (woman's evening dress suitable for cocktail parties) · es vestido de cóctel (woman's evening dress suitable for cocktail parties) · ja カクテルドレス (woman's evening dress suitable for cocktail parties)