garment

== English == === Alternative forms === garnment, gartment (nonstandard) === Etymology === From Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from Old French garnir, guarnir (“to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward off, refuse, deny”). More at English garnish. === Pronunciation === (non-rhotic) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːmənt/, [ˈɡɑːmənt] ~ [ˈɡɑːmn̩t] (non-rhotic) (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑɹmənt/, [ˈɡɑɹmənt] ~ [ˈɡɑɹmn̩t] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mənt Hyphenation: gar‧ment === Noun === garment (plural garments) A single article of clothing. (figurative) The visible exterior in which a thing is invested or embodied. (Mormonism) Ellipsis of temple garment. ==== Hyponyms ==== See also Thesaurus:clothing ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === garment (third-person singular simple present garments, present participle garmenting, simple past and past participle garmented) (transitive) To clothe in a garment. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “garment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “garment”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “garment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === margent == Middle English == === Noun === garment alternative form of garnement