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kimono

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//kɪˈməʊnəʊ//
  • United States//kəˈmoʊnoʊ//
  • United States//kəˈmoʊnə//
  • United States/[kɪ̈ˈmoʊ̯noʊ̯]/
  • United States/[kɪ̈ˈmoʊ̯nə]/

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

noun

  1. 1

    A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

    Presenting 84 kimonos dating as far back as the 1660s, the show traces how the kimono became a truly global garment worn, sold, riffed on and reinvented by artisans, designers and fashion-lovers around the world.

  2. 2

    A long robe-like garment in Western fashion, which may be open at the front, loosely inspired by the Japanese garment.

  3. 3

    A bathrobe or dressing gown.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 着物(きもの) (kimono, “clothing”), which is from 着 (“wearing”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).

Forms

plural
kimonos
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).