nightclothes

English

Etymology

From night +‎ clothes.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nightclothes pl (plural only)

1. Clothing worn while sleeping in bed, such as pyjamas or a nightgown, and, when worn over nightclothes, a robe.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nightwear

   The disturbance brought out many of the neighbors in their nightclothes.

Translations

clothing worn while sleeping

• Danish: nattøj (da) n
• Dutch: nachtgoed (nl) n
• Finnish: yöpuku (fi), yöasu
• German: Nachtwäsche (de) f, Nachtkleidung f, Nachtzeug (de) n, Kindernachtwäsche f (for children), Nachthemden (de) n pl
• Hungarian: hálóruha (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nattøy n

  Nynorsk: nattøy n

• Old English: nihtwaru f
• Spanish: ropa para dormir
• Swedish: nattkläder c pl, sovplagg n