World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English DictionariesWear
/wɛər/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To have clothing, shoes, or jewelry on one's body.
"She likes to wear comfortable clothes when working from home." - 2
To damage, diminish, or change the surface of something through constant use or friction.
"Walking on the stone steps for decades has begun to wear them down."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English verb 'werian', meaning to clothe, dress, or protect, stemming from Proto-Germanic *werjaną. It shares distant Indo-European roots with the Latin 'vestis' (garment) and Greek 'ess-, ein' (to put on). Over centuries, the meaning broadened from strictly clothing the body to enduring, damaging through use, and exhibiting a particular expression.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Wear" is said worldwide
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porter
Transliteration: porté
"Il porte un manteau chaud en hiver."
tragen
Transliteration: trah-gen
"Sie trägt heute ein rotes Kleid."
indossare
Transliteration: in-dos-sa-re
"Lui indossa sempre gli occhiali da sole."
llevar
Transliteration: jye-var
"Ella lleva puestos unos zapatos nuevos."
vestir
Transliteration: ves-tir
"Ele veste uma camisa azul no escritório."
पहन्ना
Transliteration: pahannaa
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"वह सर्दियों में ऊनी स्वेटर पहनती है।"
穿
Transliteration: chuān
Script: 中文汉字
"他今天穿着一件新衬衫。"
입다
Transliteration: ip-da
Script: 한국어 한글
"그녀는 오늘 따뜻한 코트를 입고 있다."
着る
Transliteration: kiru
Script: 日本語
"彼は毎日スーツを着て仕事に行きます。"
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