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costume in Malay

kostum

UK/ˈkɒs.tjuːm//ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/

costume in Malay: kostum. In English, costume means a style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

Malay words for costume

dress of a particular country, period or people
kostum

English meaning of costume

  1. noun A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
  2. noun An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
  3. noun A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
  4. noun A swimming costume.

Full definition of costume

costume in a sentence

  • We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
  • The bride wore a grey going-away costume.

Synonyms of costume

costume in other languages

Questions about costume in Malay

What is the meaning of costume in Malay?
Costume in Malay is kostum.
Apakah maksud costume dalam bahasa Melayu?
Costume: kostum.
What does costume mean in English?
Costume means a style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: costume (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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