ao dai
noun
a costume composed of a long tunic with side slits over wide trousers, worn by Vietnamese women as traditional dress.
ao dais
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pluralof ao dai.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Children whizzed through the sky on carnival rides, their shiny polyester ao dais fluttering in the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2019
Pretty Saigon girls in ao dais posed for their boy friends' cameras before the city's monuments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Men and women alike wear somber black pajamas, and the elegant silk ao dais that grace the streets of Saigon are rarely seen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The nylon that Vietnamese women prize for making the diaphanous national costume known as ao dais is often not taxed at all: it is banned.
From Time Magazine Archive
