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Meaning of evening dress | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An elegant dress worn by women, especially for social events in the evening, an evening gown.
    countable
  2. Formal attire worn for evening social events.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans aandrok
Bosanski roba
Čeština roba
Dansk aftenkjole
Deutsch Abendkleid
Eesti õhtukleit
Suomi frakki iltapuku juhlapuku
Français robe de soirée
Hrvatski roba
Magyar estélyi
Italiano abito da sera
Nederlands avondjapon avondjurk
Română ținută de seară
Српски roba
Svenska aftonklänning
Türkçe abiye tuvalet

Examples

“I felt uncomfortably conspicuous, since I was the only man in evening dress.”
“She was frankly disappointed. For some reason⟳ she had expected to discover⟳ a burglar of one or another accepted type⟳—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

evening glove evening gown evening grosbeak evening gun evening newspaper evening out

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