Kilo Lingo

/ˈkɒstjuːm/

Line drawing of costume
Coloured illustration of costume
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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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This word is part of lesson 40.