English
Etymology
From Middle English nyght gowne. By surface analysis, night + gown.
Pronunciation
Noun
nightgown (plural nightgowns)
- A long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in.
- Synonyms: nightdress, nightie
- A dressing gown.
Translations
sleeping garment worn by women
- Afrikaans: naghemp
- Azerbaijani: gecə köynəyi
- Belarusian: начна́я кашу́ля f (načnája kašúlja)
- Bulgarian: нощница (bg) f (noštnica)
- Catalan: camisa de dormir f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 睡衣 (zh) (shuìyī), 女睡衣 (nǚshuìyī), 睡袍 (shuìpáo), 女睡袍 (nǚshuìpáo), 睡裙 (zh) (shuìqún)
- Czech: noční košile f
- Danish: natkjole (da)
- Dutch: nachthemd (nl)
- Estonian: öösärk (et)
- Finnish: yöpaita (fi)
- French: chemise de nuit (fr) f, nuisette (fr) f, liseuse (fr) f, robe de nuit f
- Georgian: ღამის პერანგი (ɣamis ṗerangi)
- German: Nachthemd (de) n
- Greek: νυχτικιά (el) f (nychtikiá)
- Hungarian: hálóing (hu)
- Irish: gúna oíche m
- Italian: camicia da notte f
- Japanese: ねまき (ja) (nemaki), ナイトガウン (ja) (naitogaun)
- Macedonian: но́ќна ко́шула f (nóḱna kóšula), ноќница f (noḱnica)
- Maltese: libsa ta’ taħt f
- Maori: kakamoe, naiti
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: nattkjole m
- Nynorsk: nattkjole m
- Polish: koszula nocna (pl) f
- Portuguese: camisola (pt) f
- Romanian: cămașă de noapte (ro) f
- Russian: ночна́я руба́шка f (nočnája rubáška), ночна́я соро́чка f (nočnája soróčka), ночну́шка (ru) f (nočnúška) (colloquial)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: спава̀ћица f
- Roman: spavàćica f
- Slovak: nočná košeľa f
- Slovene: spalna srajca f
- Spanish: camisón (es)
- Swedish: nattlinne (sv) n, särk (sv) c, nattskjorta (sv) c (nightshirt)
- Turkish: gecelik (tr)
- Ukrainian: нічна́ соро́чка f (ničná soróčka)
- Volapük: neitavomajit, neitajit
- Yiddish: נאַכטהעמד n (nakhthemd)
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