garb
English
/ɡɑː(ɹ)b/
noun
Definitions
- Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.
- A type of dress or clothing.
- (figurative) A guise, external appearance.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (prepare).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*garwijaną
Gloss
prepare
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- degear English
- drawgear English
- footgear English
- foregear English
- garbless English
- garblessness English
- gear English
- gearbox English
- gearhead English
- gearjammer English
- gearknob English
- gearless English
- gearlike English
- gearmaker English
- gearmotor English
- gearset English
- gearstick English
- gearwork English
- headgear English
- multigear English
- nanogear English
- neckgear English
- nightgear English
- nosegear English
- raingear English
- regear English
- shoegear English
- switchgear English
- undergear English
- ungear English
- upgear English
- garbare Italian
- garbo Italian
- galbe French
- gir Norwegian Bokmål
- *garwijaną Proto-Germanic
- gir Norwegian Nynorsk
- gearwian Old English
- gere Middle English
- gera Old Norse
- gervi Old Norse
- قَالِب Arabic
- garawen Old High German
- garwi Old High German
- gèar Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- gir Faroese
- *garwijan gmw-pro
- *gerwen Old Dutch
- gerwian Old Saxon
- Järb Alemannic German
- gia Swahili
- gia Tok Pisin
- gia bokis Tok Pisin