evening dress en · NOUN
Meanings
- (countable) An elegant dress worn by women, especially for social events in the evening, an evening gown.
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(uncountable) Formal attire worn for evening social events.
I felt uncomfortably conspicuous, since I was the only man in evening dress.
She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| evening dresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (25)
nb aftenkjole (elegant dress worn by women) · pl strój wieczorowy (formal attire for evenings) · sv aftonklänning (elegant dress worn by women) · is kvöldkjóll (elegant dress worn by women) · hu estélyi (elegant dress worn by women) · af aandrok (elegant dress worn by women) · nl avondjapon (elegant dress worn by women) · af aandjapon (elegant dress worn by women) · da aftenkjole (elegant dress worn by women) · fi juhlapuku (elegant dress worn by women) · af aandkostuum (formal attire for evenings) · pl suknia wieczorowa (elegant dress worn by women) · fi iltapuku (formal attire for evenings) · nl avondjurk (elegant dress worn by women) · yi אָוונטקלייד (elegant dress worn by women) · cs róba (elegant dress worn by women) · ro ținută de seară (elegant dress worn by women) · fr robe de soirée (elegant dress worn by women) · tr abiye (elegant dress worn by women) · et õhtukleit (elegant dress worn by women) · af dansrok (elegant dress worn by women) · fi frakki (formal attire for evenings) · nb selskapskjole (elegant dress worn by women) · nn selskapskjole (elegant dress worn by women) · it abito da sera (elegant dress worn by women)