about icon-addNote android4 Answer apple4 icon-appStoreEN icon-appStoreES icon-appStorePT icon-appStoreRU Imported Layers Copy 7 icon-arrow-spined icon-ask icon-attention icon-bubble-blue icon-bubble-red ButtonError ButtonLoader ButtonOk icon-cake icon-camera icon-card-add icon-card-calendar icon-card-remove icon-card-sort chrome-extension-ru chrome-extension-es-mx chrome-extension-pt-br chrome-extension-ru comment comment icon-cop-cut icon-cop-star Cross Dislike icon-editPen icon-entrance icon-errorBig facebook flag flag_vector icon-globe icon-googlePlayEN icon-googlePlayRU icon-greyLoader icon-cake Heart 4EB021E9-B441-4209-A542-9E882D3252DE Created with sketchtool. Info Kebab icon-lamp icon-lampBig icon-learnHat icon-learning-hat Dislike Loup Loup icon-more icon-note icon-notifications icon-pen Pencil icon-play icon-plus-light icon-plus icon-rosie-cut Rune scrollUp Share-icon Shevron-Down Shevron Left Shevron Right sound sound1 sound2 sound3 sound4 sound2 icon-star Swap icon-translate Trash icon-tutor-ellipsis icon-tutor-flip Tutor folder icon icon-tutor-learned icon-twoWayArrow Mezhdunarodny_logotip_VK vk icon-word pen_icon Logo Logo Logo

Examples from texts

"You must be at a loss to understand," he went on, sighing sadly, "for what purpose an unknown visitor, at such an hour, in such a costume, and in tears, can have come to see you.
– Vous ne devez pas comprendre, reprit-il en soupirant tristement, ce que vous veut ce visiteur inconnu, à pareille heure, dans une pareille tenue et pleurant comme il le fait.
Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleDumas fils, Alexandre / La Dame aux Camelias
La Dame aux Camelias
Dumas fils, Alexandre
Camille
Dumas fils, Alexandre
© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
Berthe and Valerie left off talking and examined her at their ease, studying her costume, a straw-color dress covered with lace.
Berthe et Valérie, cessant de causer, l'examinaient paisiblement, détaillaient sa toilette, une robe paille couverte de dentelle.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
That's the costume du bal in these parts."
C'est le costume de bal de ce pays-ci.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
And he went and kissed Berthe, then shook his new brother-in-law's hand, whilst Madame Dambreville turned pale with anguish, drawing herself up in her costume of the color of dead leaves, and Bmiling vaguely toward the persons who entered.
Et il alla embrasser Berthe, puis serrer la main de son nouveau beau-frère, tandis que madame Dambreville pâlissait, torturée, se redressant dans sa toilette feuille-morte et souriant vaguement au monde qui entrait.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
These were the younger braves; and I observed that he in the hussar costume, who, as Rube informed us, was the son of the head chief, appeared to be the leader of this party.
Ce parti était composé des jeunes guerriers; et je remarquai que l'Indien costumé en hussard qui, comme Rubé me l'apprit, était le fils du grand chef, paraissait être le principal meneur de ceux-là.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
It was already dark on the staircase as Clorinde descended it in front of Rougon without speaking a word, and so slowly that he felt the rustle of her gauze costume.
Il faisait déjà tout noir dans l'escalier. Elle marchait la première, sans dire un mot, si lentement, qu'il sentait le frôlement de sa tunique de gaze sur ses genoux.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
When the first insurgents reached this patch of light they were suddenly illumined by a sharp white glow which revealed, with singular distinctness, every outline of visage or costume.
Quand les premiers insurgés entrèrent dans ce rayon, ils se trouvèrent subitement éclairés d’une clarté dont les blancheurs aiguës découpaient avec une netteté singulière les moindres arêtes des visages et des costumes.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
The accursed mischance of my costume had given him the clue to an identity which was otherwise buried deep in the Bosporus.
La ressemblance maudite entre ces deux costumes lui avait fourni la preuve d’une identité qui était noyée au fond du Bosphore.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
It is an Indian girl, attired in a singular and picturesque costume.
C'est une jeune fille indienne dans un costume étrange et pittoresque.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
It was his own idea to paint her in the character of Diana, in a costume which had been the talk of all Paris ever since the ball at the embassy.
C'était lui qui avait eu l'idée de la peindre vêtue de ce costume de Diane chasseresse, dont tout Paris causait, depuis le dernier bal de la légation.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
He had discarded shawls and wrappings, and stood up in the strangest costume man ever wore in battle.
Il avait rejeté tous ses châles et se dressait dans un très étrange costume de bataille.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
He enters a door, and presently returns, bringing with him five females dressed in the Navajo costume.
Il disparaît sous une porte et revient presque aussitôt, amenant avec lui cinq femmes revêtues du costume des Navajoès.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
For the rest of their costume they wore deer-skin leggings and moccasins, nearly similar to those of the trappers.
Leur costume était complété par des guêtres de peau de daim et des mocassins à peu près semblables à ceux des trappeurs.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
One evening she came with a bathing costume which she had made out of an old dress; and Silvere was then obliged to go back to aunt Dide's for his bathing drawers.
Un soir, elle apporta un costume de bain qu’elle s’était taillé dans une vieille robe. Il fallut que Silvère retournât chez tante Dide chercher son caleçon.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
She is no longer in the Indian costume.
Elle ne porte plus le costume indien.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar

Add to my dictionary

Not found

User translations

No translations for this text yet.
Be the first to translate it!

Collocations

period costume
costume d'époque
bathing costume
maillot de bain

Word forms

costume

verb
Basic forms
Pastcostumed
Imperativecostume
Present Participle (Participle I)costuming
Past Participle (Participle II)costumed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I costumewe costume
you costumeyou costume
he/she/it costumesthey costume
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am costumingwe are costuming
you are costumingyou are costuming
he/she/it is costumingthey are costuming
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have costumedwe have costumed
you have costumedyou have costumed
he/she/it has costumedthey have costumed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been costumingwe have been costuming
you have been costumingyou have been costuming
he/she/it has been costumingthey have been costuming
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I costumedwe costumed
you costumedyou costumed
he/she/it costumedthey costumed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was costumingwe were costuming
you were costumingyou were costuming
he/she/it was costumingthey were costuming
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had costumedwe had costumed
you had costumedyou had costumed
he/she/it had costumedthey had costumed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been costumingwe had been costuming
you had been costumingyou had been costuming
he/she/it had been costumingthey had been costuming
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will costumewe shall/will costume
you will costumeyou will costume
he/she/it will costumethey will costume
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be costumingwe shall/will be costuming
you will be costumingyou will be costuming
he/she/it will be costumingthey will be costuming
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have costumedwe shall/will have costumed
you will have costumedyou will have costumed
he/she/it will have costumedthey will have costumed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been costumingwe shall/will have been costuming
you will have been costumingyou will have been costuming
he/she/it will have been costumingthey will have been costuming
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would costumewe should/would costume
you would costumeyou would costume
he/she/it would costumethey would costume
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be costumingwe should/would be costuming
you would be costumingyou would be costuming
he/she/it would be costumingthey would be costuming
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have costumedwe should/would have costumed
you would have costumedyou would have costumed
he/she/it would have costumedthey would have costumed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been costumingwe should/would have been costuming
you would have been costumingyou would have been costuming
he/she/it would have been costumingthey would have been costuming
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am costumedwe are costumed
you are costumedyou are costumed
he/she/it is costumedthey are costumed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being costumedwe are being costumed
you are being costumedyou are being costumed
he/she/it is being costumedthey are being costumed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been costumedwe have been costumed
you have been costumedyou have been costumed
he/she/it has been costumedthey have been costumed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was costumedwe were costumed
you were costumedyou were costumed
he/she/it was costumedthey were costumed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being costumedwe were being costumed
you were being costumedyou were being costumed
he/she/it was being costumedthey were being costumed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been costumedwe had been costumed
you had been costumedyou had been costumed
he/she/it had been costumedthey had been costumed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be costumedwe shall/will be costumed
you will be costumedyou will be costumed
he/she/it will be costumedthey will be costumed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been costumedwe shall/will have been costumed
you will have been costumedyou will have been costumed
he/she/it will have been costumedthey will have been costumed

costume

noun
SingularPlural
Common casecostumecostumes
Possessive casecostume'scostumes'