Dictionary

dressing gown en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɡaʊn/
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Etymology

From dressing + gown.

Meanings

1. (Ireland, UK) An item of clothing often made from cotton or another absorbent material, in the form of a long open robe with a belt to tie it around the middle and fasten it securely; often worn over pyjamas.
   • After about ten minutes he got up, and, throwing on an elaborate dressing-gown of silk-embroidered cashmere wool, passed into the onyx-paved bathroom. 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter VIII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 138:
   • I was feeling just as I had felt in the old Malvern House epoch when I used to sneak down to [the headmaster]'s study at dead of night in quest of the biscuits he kept there in a tin on his desk, and there came back to me the memory of the occasion when, not letting a twig snap beneath my feet, I had entered his sanctum in pyjamas and a dressing-gown, to find him seated in his chair, tucking into the biscuits himself. [...] She was looking more like Sherlock Holmes than ever. Slap a dressing-gown on her and give her a violin, and she could have walked straight into Baker Street and no questions asked. 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “VII AND XX”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

dressing-gowned

Synonyms

bathrobe · robe de chambre

Translations (75)

fi aamutakki (item of clothing) · da slåbrok (item of clothing) · ja バスローブ (item of clothing) · nb slåbrok (item of clothing) · pl szlafrok (item of clothing) · az xələt (item of clothing) · ar رُوب دُو شَامْبْر (item of clothing) · eo ĥalato (item of clothing) · mk пењоа́р (item of clothing) · pt roupão (item of clothing) · uz xalat (item of clothing) · pl podomka (item of clothing) · cy gŵn tŷ (item of clothing) · tg ҷомаи хонагӣ (item of clothing) · nn morgonkåpe (item of clothing) · mt libsa tal-banju (item of clothing) · ja ガウン (item of clothing) · eo negliĝo (item of clothing) · el ρόμπα (item of clothing) · fa رب دشامبر (item of clothing) · hu pongyola (item of clothing) · sq robdëshambër (item of clothing) · ar رُوب (item of clothing) · fr peignoir (item of clothing) · de Bademantel (item of clothing) · th เสื้อคลุม (item of clothing) · is baðsloppur (item of clothing) · lv halāts (item of clothing) · hy խալաթ (item of clothing) · eo noktosurtuto (item of clothing) · cy gŵn llofft (item of clothing) · lt chalatas (item of clothing) · ko 실내복 (item of clothing) · ka ხალათი (item of clothing) · et hommikumantel (item of clothing) · sl jutranja halja (item of clothing) · uk хала́т (item of clothing) · pt robe (item of clothing) · ja 部屋着 (item of clothing) · eo tualetrobo (item of clothing) · bg хала́т (item of clothing) · fa ربدشامبر (item of clothing) · ar ثَوْب نَوْم (item of clothing) · es batín (item of clothing) · be хала́т (item of clothing) · bg пеньоа́р (item of clothing) · cmn 晨衣 (item of clothing) · tg хилъат (item of clothing) · tg халат (item of clothing) · kk халат (item of clothing) · ota مفضل (item of clothing) · nb morgenkåpe (item of clothing) · ko 가운 (item of clothing) · da morgenkåbe (item of clothing) · sk župan (item of clothing) · ky халат (item of clothing) · ar رِدَاء نَوْم (item of clothing) · th เสื้อคลุมอาบน้ำ (item of clothing) · sv morgonrock (item of clothing) · tr ropdöşambır (item of clothing) · ga fallaing sheomra (item of clothing) · ca bata (item of clothing) · ru пеньюа́р (item of clothing) · hu hálóköntös (item of clothing) · es bata (item of clothing) · fr robe de chambre (item of clothing) · ro halat (item of clothing) · ca batí (item of clothing) · gd còta-leapa (item of clothing) · ru хала́т (item of clothing) · nl kamerjas (item of clothing) · grc περιβόλαιον (item of clothing) · hu köntös (item of clothing) · it vestaglia (item of clothing) · cs župan (item of clothing)