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costume

 
 
/ˈkɒstjuːm/ noun

Translation

PLAY [C, U] a set of clothes that someone wears to make them look like someone or something else, for example in a play
kıyafet, kostüm
actors in costume He arrived at the party dressed in a gorilla costume.812
TYPICAL CLOTHES [U] a set of clothes that are typical of a particular country or time in history
millî kıyafet, giysi, kostüm
Japanese national costume → See also swimming costume812
(Definition of costume noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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