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(goun) 
n.
v., gowned, gown·ing, gowns. v.tr.
To clothe (oneself or another) with a gown.
v.intr.
To dress in a gown.
n.
- A long loose flowing garment, such as a robe or nightgown.
- A long, usually formal dress for a woman.
- A robe or smock worn in operating rooms and other parts of hospitals as a guard against contamination.
- A distinctive outer robe worn on ceremonial occasions, as by scholars or clerics.
- The faculty and student body of a university: perfect accord between town and gown.
v., gowned, gown·ing, gowns. v.tr.
To clothe (oneself or another) with a gown.
v.intr.
To dress in a gown.
[Middle English goune, from Old French, from Late Latin gunna, leather garment.]
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IN BRIEF: n. - A woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions; The official robe worn by members of certain professions or on certain occasions.
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Protective garment, usually of fabric or paper; used in surgery as a barrier between the patient and the operating personnel.
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Protective garment worn by healthcare provider designed to prevent the spread of infection between the healthcare provider and the patient.
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- Dresses and Skirts - gown: loose-flowing, usu. full-length, often formal dress
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For other uses, see Gown (disambiguation).
A gown, from medieval Latin gunna, is a usually loose outer garment from knee- to full-length worn by men and women in Europe from the early Middle Ages to the 17th century, and continuing today in certain professions; later, gown was applied to any full-length woman's garment consisting of a bodice and attached skirt. A long, loosely-fitted gown called a Banyan was worn by men in the 18th century as an informal coat.
The gowns worn today by academics, judges, and some clergy derive directly from the everyday garments worn by their medieval predecessors, formalized into a uniform in the course of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Women's dress
In women's fashion, gown was used in English for any one-piece garment, but more often through the 18th century for an overgarment worn with a petticoat – called in French a robe. Compare this to the short gowns or bedgowns of the later 18th century.
Before the Victorian period, the word "dress" usually referred to a general overall mode of attire for either men or women, such as in the phrases "Evening Dress", "Morning Dress", "Travelling Dress", "Full Dress" and so on, rather than to any specific garment, and the most often English word for a woman's skirted garment was "gown". By the early 20th century, both "gown" and "frock" were essentially synonymous with "dress", although gown was more often used for a formal, heavy or full-length garment and frock or dress for a light-weight, shorter or informal one. Only in the last few decades has "gown" lost its general meaning of a woman's garment in the United States in favor of "dress". Today the usage is chiefly British except in historical senses or in formal cases such as evening gown and wedding gown.
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References
- Bibliography
- Arnold, Janet: Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction c.1860–1940, Wace 1966, Macmillan 1972. Revised metric edition, Drama Books 1977. ISBN 0-89676-027-8
- Ashelford, Jane: The Art of Dress: Clothing and Society 1500–1914, Abrams, 1996. ISBN 0-8109-6317-5
- Black, J. Anderson and Madge Garland: A History of Fashion, Morrow, 1975. ISBN 0-688-02893-4
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kjole, dragt, robe, kappe
v. intr. - iføre sig kappe
v. tr. - iklæde sig
Nederlands (Dutch)
japon, toga, kleden in een japon/toga etc.
Français (French)
n. - robe, tunique, fourreau, toge, blouse (d'un chirurgien), chemise (d'hôpital)
v. intr. - revêtir une robe, toge, blouse
v. tr. - revêtir une robe, toge, blouse
Deutsch (German)
n. - Kleid, Robe, Talar, Kittel
v. - eine Robe anziehen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μακρύ βραδινό φόρεμα, τουαλέτα, τήβεννος, ρόμπα
v. - περιβάλλω με τήβεννο (ακαδημαϊκού)
Italiano (Italian)
veste, vestito, toga
Português (Portuguese)
n. - vestido (m), roupão (m), corpo (m) docente e discente de uma universidade
v. - vestir toga ou beca em
Русский (Russian)
платье (женское), халат, мантия, надевать (платье, халат, мантию)
Español (Spanish)
n. - traje largo, toga, tabardo, camisa de dormir
v. intr. - vestirse con un traje largo o toga
v. tr. - vestirse con un traje largo o toga
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - klänning, kappa (ämbetsdräkt för akademiker, domare, präst m.fl.)
v. - klä sig i klänning
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
长袍, 礼服, 法衣, 穿上宽大的长外衣或睡衣, 使穿长袍
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 長袍, 禮服, 法衣
v. intr. - 穿上寬大的長外衣或睡衣
v. tr. - 使穿長袍
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가운, 법복, 수술복, 잠옷
v. intr. - 가운을 입다
v. tr. - ~에게 가운을 입히다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ガウン, 部屋着, 寝巻き, 夜会服, 寝巻, 化粧着
v. - ガウンを着せる
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) عباءة, الروب الجامعي, وزرة, مريول (فعل) يلبس ( بردا او روبا الخ)
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - גלימה, שמלה, שמלת ערב, חלוק, סרבל הגנה של מנתח, מטופל וכו'
v. intr. - לבשה שמלה
v. tr. - הלביש שמלה ל-
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