costume

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Pronunciation

• (British, noun, verb) IPA: /ˈkɒs.tjuːm/, /ˈkɒs.tʃuːm/
• (America, noun) IPA: /ˈkɑs.t(j)uːm/, /ˈkɑs.tʃuːm/, /ˈkɑs.təm/
• (America, verb) IPA: /kɑsˈt(j)uːm/, /kɑsˈtʃuːm/, /ˈkɑs.t(j)uːm/, /ˈkɑs.tʃuːm/, /ˈkɑs.təm/

Noun

costume

1. A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

   The dancer was wearing Highland costume.

2. An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.

   We wore gorilla costumes to the party.

3. A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.

   The bride wore a grey going-away costume.

Synonyms

• outfit

Related terms

• customary
• custom

Translations

• French: costume
• German: Kostüm, Tracht
• Italian: costume
• Portuguese: traje, costume
• Russian: костю́м
• Spanish: traje

Translations

• French: costume, déguisement
• German: Kostüm
• Portuguese: fantasia
• Russian: костю́м
• Spanish: disfraz

Translations

• French: costume
• German: Kostüm
• Portuguese: traje, indumentária
• Russian: костю́м
• Spanish: traje

Verb

costume (costumes, present participle costuming; past costumed, past participle costumed)

1. To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII

     Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly. He looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring.

Translations

• German: kostümieren

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