clothes
n. uncountablen. the things you wear to cover your body, like shirts, pants, and coats.
n. items worn to cover the body, typically made of fabric or textiles. Plural in form and takes a plural verb.
I need to buy some new clothes for my job.
She packed her warmest clothes because she knew the mountain air would be cold at night.
The fashion industry produces vast quantities of clothes every season, often leading to significant environmental waste when unsold items are discarded.
From Middle English clothes, cloþes, plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”), from Old English clāþas (“clothes”), plural of clāþ (“cloth”), equivalent to cloth + -es. Cognate with Scots clathes, claes (“clothes”), Danish klæder, Norwegian Bokmål klær, Norwegian Nynorsk klede, German Kleider.
From clothe + -s.
The noun is always plural and has no singular form; use 'a piece of clothing' or 'an item of clothing' to refer to a single object.
I bought a new clothesI bought some new clothesClothes is always plural; you cannot use the indefinite article 'a' with it.