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masculine

/vɛt.mɑ̃/

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Translation

garment, item of clothing

Word origin

From Latin vestimentum ('clothing'), from vestire ('to clothe'), from vestis ('garment'). The same root gives English vestment, vest and (via 'to clothe in an office') invest.

Origin: Latin
Root: vestimentum
English cognates: vestment, vest, invest

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralvêtements

Examples

l'.

I need to buy warm clothes for winter.

' .

Put your clothes away before going to sleep.

' .

This garment is dry-clean only.

' .

I have to put away my winter clothes in the cupboard.

This piece of clothing is too small for my son now.

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This word is part of lesson 21.