The verb is fromMiddle Englishatyren,atiren, fromOld Frenchatirier(“to equip”), froma- +tire(“rank”), akin toGermanZier(“ornament”) andOld Norsetírr(“glory, renown”).
The noun is fromMiddle Englishatir, from the verb.[1][2]
attire (countable anduncountable,pluralattires)
- (clothing) One'sdress; what onewears; one's clothes.
He was wearing hisformalattire.
- (heraldry) The single horn of agoat,deer orstag.
1887, Miller Christy,The Trade Signs of Essex: A Popular Account of the Origin and Meanings of the Public House & Other Signs Now Or Formerly Found in the County of Essex, page51:The latter sign, however, may have some heraldic significance, as Larwood and Hotten mention a London token of 1666 on which a horseshoe is represented within a pair of antlers or deer'sattires.
one's dress or clothes
- Bulgarian:облекло (bg)(obleklo),премяна (bg)(premjana),одеяние (bg)(odejanie)
- Czech:úbor m,háv m,šat (cs) m
- Danish:beklædning c
- Finnish:asu (fi)
- Galician:traxe (gl) m
- German:Anzug (de) m,Aufzug (de) m,Kleidung (de) f,Tracht (de) f
- Greek:
- Ancient:ἐσθής f(esthḗs)
- Hebrew:מַחְלָצָה (he) f(maẖlatzá)
- Irish:gabháil m
- Italian:abbigliamento (it) m
- Kazakh:киім(kiım)
- Korean:의상 (ko)(uisang)
- Latin:vestītus m
- Macedonian:о́блека (mk) f(óbleka)
- Maori:pakikau
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:antrekk (no) n
- Nynorsk:antrekk n
- Pashto:کالي (ps) m pl(kāli)
- Persian:جامه (fa)(jâme)
- Polish:strój (pl) m,ubiór (pl) m
- Portuguese:traje (pt)
- Romanian:îmbrăcăminte (ro)
- Russian:оде́жда (ru) f(odéžda),фо́рма одежды(fórma odeždy),облаче́ние (ru) n(oblačénije),одея́ние (ru) n(odejánije)
- Serbo-Croatian:odjeća,nošnja (sh)
- Spanish:atuendo (es) m,atavío (es) m,indumentaria (es) f,vestimenta (es) f
- Turkish:elbise (tr),esvap (tr),giysi (tr),kılık (tr),kıyafet (tr)
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attire (third-person singular simple presentattires,present participleattiring,simple past and past participleattired)
- (transitive) Toclothe oradorn.
We willattire him in fine clothing so he can make a good impression.
He stood there,attired in his best clothes, waiting for applause.
attire
- inflection ofattirer:
- first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
- second-personsingularimperative
, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.