attire
/əˈtaɪɚ/
attire noun: one's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
Noun
attire (countable and uncountable, plural attires)
- One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
- He was wearing his formal attire.
- The single horn of a goat, deer or stag.
- The latter sign, however, may have some heraldic significance, as Larwood and Hotten mention a London token of 1666 on which a horseshoe is represented within a pair of antlers or deer's attires.1887, Miller Christy, The Trade Signs of Essex: A Popular Account of the Origin and Meanings of the Public House & Other Signs Now Or Formerly Found in the County of Essex, page 51
Verb
attire (third-person singular simple present attires, present participle attiring, simple past and past participle attired)
attire meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
attire in Hindi
- one's dress or clothes
- परिधान paridhān
attire in Tamil
- ஆடை அணி, அலங்கரி
attire in Marathi
- attire, apparel, clothing
- पोषाख poṣākh
attire in Urdu
- attire, dress, clothing
- پوشاک pośāk
More languagesFewer languages
- attire in Bengali
- বেশভূষা beśbhuśa
- attire in Malayalam
- വേഷം vēṣaṁ
- attire in Kannada
- ಉಡುಪು, ಉಡಿಗೆ
- attire in Gujarati
- પોશાક pośāk
- attire in Nepali
- पोसाक posāk
- attire in Pashto
- کالي kāli
- attire in Persian
- جامه jâme
Examples of attire in a sentence
- With your shabby attire, you do not present well as a prospective investment banking associate!
- You need to be decently attired to enter the restaurant.
- A respectably attired solicitor came to read the will.
Synonyms of attire
Forms of attire
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | attires |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | attires |
| present participle | attiring |
| past participle | attired |
| past | attired |
Origin of attire
The verb is from Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”). The noun is from Middle English atir, from the verb.
Words formed from attire
Words that rhyme with attire
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- choir
- desire
- esquire
- inspire
- tire
- acquire
- admire
- dire
- empire
- respire
- sire
- transpire
- trier
- dryer
- friar
- fryer
- gyre
- lyre
- mire
- misfire
- require
- underfire
- aspire
- bemire
- buyer
- conspire
- inquire
- overfire
- perspire
- quire
- tyre
- briar
- crier
- higher
- lier
- overtire
- Pryor
- pyre
- re-retire
- retrochoir
- rewire
- supplier
- suspire
- underwire
- unretire
- afire
- byre
- drier
Questions about attire
- What does attire mean?
- Attire means one's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
- What is attire in Hindi?
- Attire in Hindi is परिधान (paridhān). See Attire meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is attire?
- Attire can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce attire?
- Attire is pronounced /əˈtaɪɚ/.
- What is the plural of attire?
- The plural of attire is attires.
Words near attire in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: attire (page history and authors); attire (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पोषाख (Marathi) (page history and authors); پوشاک (Urdu) (page history and authors); বেশভূষা (Bengali) (page history and authors); വേഷം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); attire (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); પોશાક (Gujarati) (page history and authors); पोसाक (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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