muumuu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian muʻumuʻu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːmuː/
• Hyphenation: muu‧muu

Noun

muumuu (plural muumuus)

1. A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).
   • 1998, Peter Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Bloomsbury, published 1999, page 132:

     Short and zoftig, she wore muumuus and rose-tinted, oversize glasses, was loud, abrasive, and very funny.

Alternative forms

• muu-muu, moomoo, moo-moo

Translations

long loose-fitting dress

• German: Muʻumuʻu n
• Hawaiian: muʻumuʻu
• Japanese: ムームー (mūmū)
• Swedish: muumuu (sv) c