nightgown

See also: night-gown

English

Alternative forms

night-gown (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English nyght gowne, equivalent to night +‎ gown.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪtˌɡaʊn/

Noun

nightgown (plural nightgowns)

A long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in.
Synonyms: nightdress, nightie
A dressing gown.

Translations

sleeping garment worn by women

Afrikaans: naghemp
Azerbaijani: gecə köynəyi
Belarusian: начна́я кашу́ля f (načnája kašúlja)
Bulgarian: нощница (bg) f (noštnica)
Catalan: camisa de dormir f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 睡衣 (zh) (shuìyī), 女睡衣 (nǚshuìyī), 睡袍 (shuìpáo), 女睡袍 (nǚshuìpáo), 睡裙 (zh) (shuìqún)
Czech: noční košile f
Danish: natkjole (da)
Dutch: nachthemd (nl)
Estonian: öösärk (et)
Finnish: yöpaita (fi)
French: chemise de nuit (fr) f, nuisette (fr) f, liseuse (fr) f, robe de nuit f
Georgian: ღამის პერანგი (ɣamis ṗerangi)
German: Nachthemd (de) n
Greek: νυχτικιά (el) f (nychtikiá)
Hungarian: hálóing (hu)
Irish: gúna oíche m
Italian: camicia da notte f
Japanese: ねまき (ja) (nemaki), ナイトガウン (naitogaun)
Macedonian: но́ќна ко́шула f (nóḱna kóšula), ноќница f (noḱnica)
Maltese: libsa ta’ taħt f
Maori: kakamoe, naiti
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nattkjole m

Nynorsk: nattkjole m
Polish: koszula nocna (pl) f
Portuguese: camisola (pt) f
Romanian: cămașă de noapte (ro) f
Russian: ночна́я руба́шка f (nočnája rubáška), ночна́я соро́чка f (nočnája soróčka), ночну́шка (ru) f (nočnúška) (colloquial)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: спава̀ћица f

Roman: spavàćica f
Slovak: nočná košeľa f
Slovene: spalna srajca f
Spanish: camisón (es)
Swedish: nattlinne (sv) n, särk (sv) c, nattskjorta (sv) c (nightshirt)
Turkish: gecelik (tr)
Ukrainian: нічна́ соро́чка f (ničná soróčka)
Volapük: neitavomajit, neitajit
Yiddish: נאַכטהעמד n (nakhthemd)