/ˈkɒstjuːm/
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Translation
Special clothes that you wear to look like someone or something else.
Word origin
From French costume, from Italian costume meaning custom or the usual way of dressing.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- costume
- English cognates
- custom
Grammar
Gender
Pluralcostumes
Examples
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A costume makes you look like someone or something else.
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"Costumes" is the plural of "costume".
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Here it means the special clothes themselves.
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