Kilo Lingo

dress

/dres/

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Translation

A piece of clothing for a woman or girl, joined at the top and bottom in one piece.

Word origin

From Old French dresser, to arrange or put right, later to put on clothes.

Origin
Old French
Root
dresser

Grammar

Gender
Pluraldresses

Examples

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"Dress" is a piece of clothing worn by a woman or girl.

pretty .

"Dresses" is the plural, meaning more than one dress.

.

Here "dress" is the piece of clothing she will wear.

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This word is part of lesson 14.