muumuu

muumuu

See also: moo-moo

English

Etymology

Hawaiian muʻumuʻu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːmuː/
• Hyphenation: muu‧muu

Noun

muumuu (plural muumuus)

1. A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).
   • 1998, Peter Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Bloomsbury 1999, p. 132:

     Short and zoftig, she wore muumuus and rose-tinted, oversize glasses, was loud, abrasive, and very funny.

Translations

long loose-fitting dress

German: Muʻumuʻu n Hawaiian: muʻumuʻu

Japanese: ムームー (mūmū)

See also

• muumuu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia