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Plural of costume

regular plural

The plural of costume is costumes.

Forms of costume

Singularcostume /ˈkɒs.tjuːm/
Pluralcostumes
Countablecountable and uncountable

Costumes in a sentence

  • We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
  • They call their bathing suits down there "costumes."1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer
  • I've heard the props and costumes in this play are quite freaky.From the entry freaky
  • The show had a lot of pizzazz, with glittering costumes and upbeat music.From the entry pizzazz
  • The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.From the entry flashy

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.

Full definition of costume

Questions about the plural of costume

What is the plural of costume?
The plural of costume is costumes.
Is costume countable?
Costume is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: costume (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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