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kimono - 4 dictionary results

ki⋅mo⋅no

[kuh-moh-nuh, -noh]
–noun, plural -nos.
1. a loose, wide-sleeved robe, fastened at the waist with a wide sash, characteristic of Japanese costume.
2. a woman's loose dressing gown.

Origin:
1885–90; < Japn: clothing, garb, equiv. to ki wear + mono thing


ki⋅mo⋅noed, adjective
ki·mo·no   (kə-mō'nō)   
n.   pl. ki·mo·nos
  1. A long, wide-sleeved Japanese robe worn with an obi and often elaborately decorated.
  2. A loose, light robe worn chiefly by women.

[Japanese : kiru, to put on, wear + mono, object.]

Kimono

Ki*mo"no\, n.; pl. -nos. [Jap.]

1. A kind of loose robe or gown tied with a sash, worn as an outer garment by Japanese men and women.

2. A similar gown worn as a dressing gown by women of Western nations.
Language Translation for : kimono
Spanish: kimono, quimono,
German: der Kimono,
Japanese: 着物

kimono 
1637, from Japanese kimono, lit. "a thing put on," from ki "wear" + mono "thing."
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