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Plural of gown

regular plural

The plural of gown is gowns.

Forms of gown

Singulargown /ˈɡaʊ̯n/
Pluralgowns /ɡaʊnz/
Countablecountable

Gowns in a sentence

  • They even have matching his and hers slippers and dressing gowns.From the entry his and hers
  • On the forehorses rode two chariot men; and on the four others, four henchmen in black gowns.2013, Alison Weir, Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World. From the entry forehorse
  • Bright yellow gowns fit them tightly and umbrellaed from their waist to just below the knees.2011, B. A. Rothwell, The Peaceful Queen, page 31. From the entry umbrella
  • Increasingly the standard for medical gowns is spunbonded and meltblown layers.2010, R Chapman, Applications of Nonwovens in Technical Textiles. From the entry spunbonded
  • She’s bringing in a couturiere from Paris to design our gowns.2010, Janet Quin-Harkin, Royal Blood, Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN. From the entry couturiere

Meaning of gown

  1. noun A loose, flowing upper garment.
  2. noun A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
  3. noun The official robe of certain professionals, clerics, and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.

Full definition of gown

Questions about the plural of gown

What is the plural of gown?
The plural of gown is gowns.
Is gown countable?
Gown is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gown (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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