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gown

/ˈɡæʊ̯n/UK/ˈɡaʊ̯n/

gown noun: a loose, flowing upper garment.

gown: a loose, flowing upper garment
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Noun

gown (plural gowns)

  1. A loose, flowing upper garment.
  2. A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
  3. The official robe of certain professionals, clerics, and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
    • VVhat is he an honeſt man? the deuill he is, he is the Parſon of the Towne,
      You thinke ther’s no knauerie hid vnder a black gowne, […]1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I
    1. The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.
  4. (metonymically) The university community, especially as contrasted with the local populace.
    • In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.
  5. A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
  6. Any sort of dress or garb.
  7. The robe worn by a surgeon.

Verb

gown (third-person singular simple present gowns, present participle gowning, simple past and past participle gowned)

  1. To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.

gown meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

gown in Hindi

gown
जामा jāmā

gown in Tamil

ஓராடை, மேல் அங்கி

gown in Urdu

gown
جامہ jāma

gown in Bengali

লম্বা ও ঢিলা পোশাক, আলখিল্লা
More languagesFewer languages
gown in Telugu
గౌను gaunu
gown in Malayalam
സ്ത്രീകളുടെ മേലാട, നീളൻകോട്ട്, പുറങ്കുപ്പായം, ഗൗൺ
gown in Kannada
ಗೌನು, ನಿಲುವಂಗಿ, ಮೇಲಂಗಿ, ಮೇಲುಡುಪು
gown in Punjabi
ਗਾਊਨ gāūna
gown in Arabic
رِدَاء ridāʔ
gown in Malay
gaun
gown in Thai
เสื้อคลุม sʉ̂ʉa-klum

Examples of gown in a sentence

  • A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.
  • On this gown, flutters of red on the shoulders and arms provide visual interest.
  • Hannah looked quite elegant in her gown until she snortled and champagne came out of her nose.

All 40 example sentences with gown

Forms of gown

Noun
pluralgowns
Verb
third-person singular presentgowns
present participlegowning
past participlegowned
pastgowned

Plural of gown: gowns

Origin of gown

From Middle English gowne, from Anglo-Norman goune, gune (“fur-trimmed coat, pelisse”), from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna (“leather garment, a fur”). Cognate with Manx gooyn, Irish gúna.

Words formed from gown

Phrases with gown

Words that rhyme with gown

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Questions about gown

What does gown mean?
Gown means a loose, flowing upper garment.
What is gown in Hindi?
Gown in Hindi is जामा (jāmā). See Gown meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is gown?
Gown can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce gown?
Gown is pronounced /ˈɡaʊ̯n/ (UK).
What is the plural of gown?
The plural of gown is gowns.

Words near gown in the dictionary

  1. Gowler
  2. gowli
  3. gowling
  4. gowlis
  5. gowls
  6. gown
  7. gownboy
  8. gownboys
  9. gownd
  10. gownds
  11. gowned

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gown (page history and authors); जामा (Hindi) (page history and authors); gown (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); جامہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); gown (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); గౌను (Telugu) (page history and authors); gown (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gown (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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