HOW TO PRONOUNCE
clothes
/kloʊðz/
Press play to hear how to pronounce clothes.
American Pronunciation Guide · 1:06
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
LISTEN FOR THIS
The ending can be th-z or just z.
The fuller pronunciation uses the voiced th of this before z. Both versions have one syllable.
1 syllable
TRY SAYING
“Hang your clothes in the closet.”
APG practice sentence · CC BY-SA 4.0
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does clothes mean?
noun
- Items of clothing; apparel.
- The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
- Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
More meanings (2)
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of clothe
noun
- (obsolete) plural of cloth.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/kloʊðz/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
“It’s my own invention—to keep clothes and sandwiches in. You see I carry it upside-down, so that the rain can’t get in.”
Tillie always said that Thea was “so indifferent to dress,” but her mother noticed that she usually put her clothes on well.
More book examples (3)
Green candy and green pop-corn were offered for sale, as well as green shoes, green hats, and green clothes of all sorts.
So she sent to one of those New York homes for poor girls all the clothes she could spare—and more, most likely.
In her attic Elnora lighted two candles, set them on her little table, stacked the books, and put away the precious clothes.