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kilt
(kɪlt)
Word forms: plural kilts
countable noun
A kilt is a skirt with a lot of vertical folds, traditionally worn by Scottish men. Kilts can also be worn by women and children.
kilt in British English
(kɪlt)
noun
1.
a knee-length pleated skirt-like garment, esp one in tartan, as worn by men in Scottish Highland dress
verb (transitive)
2.
to tuck (a skirt) up around one's body
3.
to put pleats in (cloth, a skirt, etc)
Derived forms
kilted (ˈkilted) adjective
kiltlike (ˈkiltˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
C18: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte to tuck up, Old Swedish kilta lapkilt in American English
(kɪlt)
verb transitive
1. Scottish
to tuck up (a skirt, etc.)
2.
to pleat
3.
to provide a kilt for
noun
4.
a pleated skirt reaching to the knees; esp., the tartan skirt worn sometimes by men of the Scottish Highlands
Word origin
ME (northern) kilten, prob. < Scand, as in ON kilting, a skirt, kjalta, lapImage ofkilt
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articles of clothing, articles of clothing, skirtIn other languageskilt
British English: kilt /kɪlt/ NOUN
A kilt is a skirt with a lot of vertical folds, traditionally worn by Scottish men. Kilts can also be worn by women and girls.
- American English: kilt
- Arabic: تَنُّورَةٌ قَصِّيرَةٌ بِهَا ثَنِيَّاتٍ وَاسِعَةٍ
- Brazilian Portuguese: kilt
- Chinese: 苏格兰方格呢短裙
- Croatian: kilt
- Czech: skotská sukně
- Danish: kilt
- Dutch: kilt
- European Spanish: falda escocesa
- Finnish: kiltti vaate
- French: kilt
- German: Schottenrock
- Greek: κιλτ
- Italian: kilt
- Japanese: キルト タータン
- Korean: 킬트
- Norwegian: kilt
- Polish: męska spódnica szkocka
- European Portuguese: kilt
- Romanian: kilt
- Russian: килт
- Latin American Spanish: falda escocesa
- Swedish: kilt
- Thai: กระโปรงสั้นแค่เข่าจับจีบลายตาใส่ทั้งชายและหญิงในสก๊อตแลนด์
- Turkish: kilt
- Ukrainian: кілт
- Vietnamese: váy Scotland
Chinese translation of 'kilt'
kilt
(kɪlt)
n (c)
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苏(蘇)格兰(蘭)短裙
(Sūgélán duǎnqún) (条(條), tiáo)