nightclothes

English

Etymology

From night +‎ clothes.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪt.kləʊ(ð)z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪt.kloʊ(ð)z/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

nightclothes pl (plural only)

1. Clothing worn while sleeping in bed, such as pyjamas or a nightgown, and, when worn over nightclothes, a robe.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nightwear

   The disturbance brought out many of the neighbors in their nightclothes.

Translations

clothing worn while sleeping

Danish: nattøj (da) n Dutch: nachtgoed (nl) n Finnish: yöpuku (fi), yöasu German: Nachtwäsche (de) f, Nachtkleidung f, Nachtzeug (de) n, Kindernachtwäsche f (for children), Nachthemden (de) n pl Hungarian: hálóruha (hu) Norwegian: Bokmål: nattøy n Nynorsk: nattøy n Old English: nihtwaru f Spanish: ropa para dormir Swedish: nattkläder c pl, sovplagg n