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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

vestimenta

Pronunciation / Transliteration: vestimenta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Raiment/ˈreɪ.məmnt/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele estava vestido com uma bela vestimenta."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Clothing, garments, or attire, especially of a fine or decorative nature.

    "The royal guests arrived dressed in the most splendid and colorful raiment."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'raiment' originated in the late Middle English period as an aphetic shortening of the Old French word 'arayement', derived from 'arayer' meaning 'to array'. It entered the English language in the 15th century to denote clothing, garments, or attire, often carrying a slightly archaic or poetic literary tone.

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