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noun, masculine

costume

/kɔs.tym/

noun, masculine/kɔs.tym/plural: costumes

a style of dress characteristic of a particular country, period or people; an outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or task; a suit worn by a man

PIE word *ḱóm PIE word *swé Borrowed from Italian costume, from Latin cōnsuētūdinem (“custom, habit”). Doublet of consuétude and coutume.

costume — French Dictionary | Passage